Choose your own date fields for the calendar view

The calendar view of issues is a great way for team members to plan, track, and prioritize their work and for team leads to see potential roadblocks before they cause delays. Read more about the calendar view.

By default, issues appear on the calendar based on the data in Jira’s default date fields - start date and Due date - but you can now select any date fields from your project, giving you more flexibility to work in the way that's best for your team.

For example, you might want to use Planned start and Planned end date fields to track when you plan to work on an issue, or your team might prefer issues to be shown on the calendar by the Actual Start and Actual End dates.

To change your date fields:

1. From your service project, go to Calendar.
2. Select Configure calendar from the more menu (...).
3. Go to Date fields.
4. Select a field for the Start date and a field for the End date from the dropdowns. We recommend using two date-time fields, rather than date-only fields.
5. Select Save.

Not seeing your issues on the calendar? Head to the Request types page in Project settings and add your newly selected fields to your request types.

Learn how to select your own date fields for issues on the calendar.

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