Logging Your Time in a Jira Work Item
When you work in Jira all day, it's easy to log your time on the work item you're working on.
Before You Begin
Logging time for yourself requires the Work On Issues permission for the project to which the work item belongs.
Logging time for other team members requires the Log Work for Others permission.
To view all work logged against a work item, you need the View All Worklogs Jira project permission.
Log Time in a Jira Work Item
There are two ways to log time in a Jira work item:
The Tempo Panel allows you to perform some tasks for Timesheets:
Log any activities associated with the work item from integrated apps
Depending on your permissions, you can also:
View the worklog data for the work item
Filter the data you view in the Tempo panel to display all work item data or only your own
Access reports from the Tempo panel
All the worklogs that are logged on this work item are displayed in the Tempo panel. By default, the worklogs are filtered by the current quarter. You can use the < > buttons to move a quarter backward and forward. The Activities tab also includes activities associated with the Jira work item that take place outside of Jira, such as meetings or your IDE.
If you do not have any worklogs, you can log time directly from the panel by clicking the Log Time button. To log time here, see Logging Your Time in a Jira Work Item; to edit the worklogs, see Editing Your Worklogs in a Jira Work Item.
The first time the Tempo panel opens, it will display the Activities tab. After that, it will open to whichever tab you last selected.
The Tempo panel will appear in a work item when:
The active user uses Tempo, AND
They have permission to work on the work item
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Click Open Tempo at the bottom of the issue's side panel to open the Tempo panel on the right side.
Click the Log Time button in the Tempo panel on the right.
Fill in the Log Time Form and log time.
If Tempo Timesheets is not set as the time-tracking provider for your Jira instance, you cannot log time in the Tempo panels here - see Selecting Tempo as Your Time Tracking Provider for details.
You can press the w key from anywhere within Jira to open the Log Time form and start logging your time. In some browsers, pressing w also toggles the Watch Issue option for the Jira work item.
To go to My Work from anywhere in Jira, press the g+t keys or click Go to My Work in the Log Time Form.
To edit your worklogs, see Editing Your Worklogs in a Jira Work Item.
If you’re logging time for someone else, the user field dropdown list will remain empty until you begin typing.
If you delete a Jira work item, the associated worklogs are also removed.