Time in Status for Jira Cloud features make it easy to create reports that indicate how much time an issue has spent on each status, assignee, team, or project. One of the first things we consider when developing a process is time. Based on the task’s complexity and resource capacity, we estimate how long it will take to finish and establish delivery deadlines.

We can retrieve real-time has been spent and compare it to planned time using time in status data. Furthermore, knowing how much time is wasted allows us to alter our efforts during the procedure.

Here are some of the issues that time in status can assist with:

• How long does it take for each team member to complete various tasks?
• How long an issue stays in progress or review statuses?
• How is time spent divided across several assignees?
• What are the reasons for the delays, and what are the challenges causing them?
• What is the best way to get the cycle or lead time for your issues?

This information allows you to assess time-consuming tasks and enhance your workflow. Jira is a repository for keeping track of time in status. It comes with several built-in solutions as well as the Marketplace add-ons.

How to show time in status in Jira

Enable the Days in column option to display the time in status. The number of dots on the card indicates how long an issue has been in the column. This feature is available for classic boards. To activate it, you’ll require Jira-administrator or project-administrator permissions.

The negative aspects are that it simply shows the days, regardless of the hour. There is no way to exclude weekends from the calculation. You should also know what number is hidden beneath the dots. For example, 1 red dot equals 5 days, 2 red dots equals 8 days.

Here are other ways to monitor time in status with Jira:

• Custom field and automation rules.
• Control Chart. Choose the necessary status → identify the story number you want to get the time for → get the total time spent on each status per issue.
• Average time in status gadget for those who like visuals.

How to track time in status in Jira

The Time in Status for Jira Cloud add-on is helpful if you need advanced reports with computed data. It helps automatically collecting the time spent and its analysis in a simple format.

Here are all report types: Assignee Time, Average Time, Status Entrance Date, Time in Status per Date, Status Count, Transition Count, Cycle and Lead time, and others, including the Pivot table.

The most popular report is Time in Status. It shows the time that issues have been staying in each status.

It’s convenient to select the working hours with the ability to exclude weekends and holidays and choose the format (days, hours, minutes).

This report may also be shown as a chart within the app or on the Jira dashboard.

Duration of time in status in Jira

Let’s look at how to get various time spent reports, such as assignees or group time, Cycle or Lead time.

How long has each assignee been working on a particular issue?

You can track team productivity and use that data to make decisions on how to increase team efficiency.

You may also use Assignee time to determine the time for a group of people, such as developers or L1 support. In the time report, you can add a new column to display all the summarized data for a certain User group.

Add a new User group:

Get the results:

How long has a particular group of issues been spending in particular statuses (Cycle, Lead time)?

By grouping statuses, you may get the summed time for various columns. For example, you’ll need to know how long developers and QAs have tested an issue.

Choose the statuses you want to group and give your custom column a name.

The result:

Most frequently, the Status group is required to calculate the cycle and lead time.

Cycle time is how long it takes for an issue to complete from beginning to end.

Lead time is the period between receiving a request for an action (not the start of work) and completing that action.

Here’s a visual representation of the difference:

Depending on your workflow process, you can select which statuses should be included in a cycle or lead time.

Exporting data to Excel and GoogleSheets (XLSX or CSV formats), or Power BI allows users to dive deeper into these reports.

Another alternative is to use the Time in Status Gadget on your Jira dashboard to display such reports.

Takeaway

Time in status reports in Jira will provide you with more insight into how your team spends their time. You may undertake a critical examination by comparing numbers for different assignees. In this manner, you’ll be able to discover who is responsible for the delays.

To discover and scale-up favorable, productive improvements, use time in status reports.