This page last changed on Oct 15, 2008 by smaddox.
The Atlassian IntelliJ Connector allows you to monitor, add and update JIRA issues in your integrated development environment.
This page tells you how to log work on a JIRA isue from within IntelliJ IDEA. For more about interacting with your issues within your IDE, refer to Using JIRA in the IntelliJ Connector.
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Logging Work
To log work you have done against a specific JIRA issue:
- Select your JIRA server from the dropdown list in the connector tool bar. (See screenshot of connector window below.)
- Use the filter and search functions to find your issue. (See Filtering the List of JIRA Issues in IntelliJ IDEA.)
- Right-click the issue in the list and select 'Log work'.
- The 'Add Worklog' dialogue box appears, as pictured below.
- 'Time spent' — Enter the amount of time you have worked on the task, in the format *w*d*h*m, replacing the asterisks with the number of weeks, days, hours and minutes. For example:
- 1w2d3h30m = 1 week, 2 days, 3 hours and 30 minutes
- 2d = 2 days
- 'End time' — Optionally, you can change the end time of your work. 'End time' has been pre-filled with the current time so that if you enter the log details right after you finish your work, you don't have to change anything. See below for an example of changing the end time.
- 'Remaining Estimate — Use the radio buttons to determine how JIRA will calculate the estimated time remaining. You can choose:
- 'Auto Update': The time remaining will be automatically adjusted according to the time you have logged.
- 'Leave Unchanged: The time remaining will stay the same as it was before you logged the work.
- 'Update Manually': When you select this radio button, the 'New Remaining Estimate' text box is enabled. Enter the time remaining in the format *w*d*h*m, replacing the asterisks with the number of weeks, days, hours and minutes. For example:
- 1w2d3h30m = 1 week, 2 days, 3 hours and 30 minutes
- 2d = 2 days
- 'Stop progress' — Put a tick in the checkbox if you want to move the issue out of 'In Progress' status.
- 'Comment' — Optionally, you can enter some notes about the work done.
- Click the 'Add Worklog' button.
Screenshot: JIRA tab of the connector window
Screenshot: Creating a worklog entry against the JIRA issue

Changing the End Time
To change the end time of your worklog:
- Click the 'Change' button next to 'End time' on the 'Add Worklog' dialogue box.
- The 'Set End Time' dialogue box appears, as pictured above. Select the end date ('Day') from the calendar widget.
- Select the end time: the 'hour' in 24 hour format and the 'minute'.
This is the time at which you finished the task, not the time taken to complete the task.
- Click OK.
Screenshot: Selecting end time for a worklog entry

RELATED TOPICS
Using JIRA in the IntelliJ Connector
Configuring the IntelliJ Connector
User Guide for the Atlassian IntelliJ Connector
Refer to the JIRA documentation for more information about JIRA issue tracking.
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