Create a Colored Label Manager custom field
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Activate coloring to labels.
Select 'Customize labels for this project' to manage predefined labels for this project independent from other projects.
As a project administrator you can restrict a label field, in this case you prevent users to create new label items , they are required to choose existing ones.
This fosters consistency across fields like Definition of Done (DoD), Definition of Ready, Acceptance Criteria, or Simple select list.
Allow project admins to manage available label items for their project independent from other projects or Jira administrator’s help.
Generating powerful reports , there’s absolutely no coding required and certainly no need to learn Jira Query Language (JQL) for that matter. You can make fully customized reports just by selecting options from dropdowns.
Add a description to your label to make the context more clear to your project users , Jira users can always check to see whether a label already exists before creating it; remember, too, that it might simply be a question of spelling or case variation..
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As Jira Administrator:
Click on Settings
Go to → Issues
Click on Custom fields (Side-navigation)
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Click on Create custom field Button
Select All → Search Label
→ Select Colored Labels
Click Next
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Enter a Name and Description
Click Create
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Optional: Associate the new created field with screens
Click on update
Label Manager Custom Fields behave like normal custom fields and need to be put on the correct screens to appear in projects.
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In this page you can create a new Label and give it a description and a color , add it to one or multiple issues, or just create it and let it be used by Jira users.
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As you can create multiple label fields like Definition of Done , Acceptance Criteria, or simple Select List , make sure that you are creating your label value under the right label field. . |
Atlassian Expert good practices
Avoid using abbreviations unless they are widely understood and accepted by your team. This will, in turn, help avoid synonyms.
Always add a description to your label to make context of uses more clear to your team .
Always check to see whether a label already exists before creating it; remember, too, that it might simply be a question of spelling or case variation.
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You can also click on Click to see issues to jump to the issue navigator and see a list of all issues with the label.
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New created Label have by default the color grey-light.
Label specific color means, that just like Epics, label will have a predefined color.
Colors can indicate labels with higher priority, or whatever you like those colors to mean within your Jira instance.
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The renaming will be reflected in all issues where the label was used.
To rename labels:
Go to your project
Open the Project labels from the left sidebar.
Click on the label and rename it
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Deleting a Jira Label
Simply click the red trashcan icon next to the label you want to delete .
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Simply select the needed labels and click on the button Delete
You will then be asked to confirm
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