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diff --git a/doc/user/project/issues/managing_issues.md b/doc/user/project/issues/managing_issues.md index 4e329889e7c..08e3164b2eb 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/issues/managing_issues.md +++ b/doc/user/project/issues/managing_issues.md @@ -1,21 +1,28 @@ -# Managing Issues +--- +stage: Plan +group: Project Management +info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#designated-technical-writers +--- + +# Managing issues [GitLab Issues](index.md) are the fundamental medium for collaborating on ideas and planning work in GitLab. [Creating](#create-a-new-issue), [moving](#moving-issues), [closing](#closing-issues), and [deleting](#deleting-issues) are key actions that you can do with issues. -## Create a new Issue +## Create a new issue -When you create a new issue, you'll be prompted to fill in the [data and fields of the issue](issue_data_and_actions.md), as illustrated below. If you know -the values you want to assign to an issue, you can use the [Quick actions](../quick_actions.md) -feature to input values, instead of selecting them from lists. +When you create a new issue, you'll be prompted to fill in the [data and fields of the issue](issue_data_and_actions.md), +as illustrated below. If you know the values you want to assign to an issue, you can use the +[Quick actions](../quick_actions.md) feature to input values, instead of selecting them from lists. - +While creating an issue, you can associate it to an existing epic from current group by +selecting it using **Epic** dropdown. -### Accessing the new Issue form +### Accessing the New Issue form -There are many ways to get to the new Issue form from within a project: +There are many ways to get to the New Issue form from within a project: - Navigate to your **Project's Dashboard** > **Issues** > **New Issue**: @@ -36,9 +43,28 @@ There are many ways to get to the new Issue form from within a project:  +### Elements of the New Issue form + +> Ability to add the new issue to an epic [was introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/13847) +> in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.1. + + + +When you're creating a new issue, these are the fields you can fill in: + +- Title +- Description +- Checkbox to make the issue confidential +- Assignee +- Weight +- Epic **(PREMIUM)** +- Due date +- Milestone +- Labels + ### New issue from the group-level Issue Tracker -Go to the Group dashboard and click "Issues" in the sidebar to visit the Issue Tracker +Go to the Group dashboard and click **Issues** in the sidebar to visit the Issue Tracker for all projects in your Group. Select the project you'd like to add an issue for using the dropdown button at the top-right of the page. @@ -107,11 +133,11 @@ field). Follow these examples to form your new issue URL with prefilled fields. - For a new issue in the GitLab Community Edition project with a pre-filled title - and a pre-filled description, the URL would be `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/new?issue[title]=Validate%20new%20concept&issue[description]=Research%20idea` + and a pre-filled description, the URL would be `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/new?issue[title]=Validate%20new%20concept&issue[description]=Research%20idea` - For a new issue in the GitLab Community Edition project with a pre-filled title - and a pre-filled description template, the URL would be `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/new?issue[title]=Validate%20new%20concept&issuable_template=Research%20proposal` + and a pre-filled description template, the URL would be `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/new?issue[title]=Validate%20new%20concept&issuable_template=Research%20proposal` - For a new issue in the GitLab Community Edition project with a pre-filled title, - a pre-filled description, and the confidential flag set, the URL would be `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/new?issue[title]=Validate%20new%20concept&issue[description]=Research%20idea&issue[confidential]=true` + a pre-filled description, and the confidential flag set, the URL would be `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/new?issue[title]=Validate%20new%20concept&issue[description]=Research%20idea&issue[confidential]=true` ## Moving Issues @@ -147,7 +173,7 @@ issues.each do |issue| end; nil ``` -## Closing Issues +## Closing issues When you decide that an issue is resolved, or no longer needed, you can close the issue using the close button: @@ -226,6 +252,8 @@ when used from the command line with `git commit -m`. #### Disabling automatic issue closing +> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/19754) in GitLab 12.7. + The automatic issue closing feature can be disabled on a per-project basis within the [project's repository settings](../settings/index.md). Referenced issues will still be displayed as such but won't be closed automatically. @@ -243,7 +271,7 @@ In order to change the default issue closing pattern, GitLab administrators must [`gitlab.rb` or `gitlab.yml` file](../../../administration/issue_closing_pattern.md) of your installation. -## Deleting Issues +## Deleting issues > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/2982) in GitLab 8.6 |