The Week/Month/Qaurter picker allows you to select broader timeframes when planning and tracking work in Jira. Instead of being restricted to precise dates, this picker provides more flexibility by letting users choose specific weeks, months, or quarters. This makes it easier for product and marketing teams to plan releases, manage timelines, and organize projects more effectively.
The Week/Month/Quarter picker is available in the JSM portal. For a list of supported fields and setup instructions, please visit Fields in Jira Service Management (JSM) Portal.
Create and configure the custom field
To create and configure the Week/Month/Qaurter custom field, you must be logged in as a user with Jira administrator permissions.
Go to Apps → Manage apps → Fields.
Click on Create custom field button on the right side of the screen.
Select Week/Month/Quarter and click Next.
Name and add a description to your field then click Next.
Associate the field to the appropriate screens and click Create. You must associate a field to a screen before it will be displayed.
To restrict editing access for the Week/Month/Quarter, the Edit Permissions tab is used. Specific users, user groups, and Jira roles can be defined to have editing permissions for the custom field. If editing access is intended for all users, the field should be left empty.
Please note that the create screen has a separate toggle that allows defining whether users without edit permissions can create values in create screens.
JQL queries
Week/Month/Quarter can be used in JQL. It allows you to search for issues that include custom field values. To find issues that include multilevel select picker values enter the "CustomField_Name". Below are a few useful examples.
"Estimated release" IN ("Week 51, 2024") | Search for all issues that have Estimated release in Week 51, 2024. |
"Estimated release" IN ("Oct–Dec, 2024","Week 51, 2024") | Search for all issues that have Estimated release in Week 51, 2024 ad in Q4, 2024. |
"Estimated release" is EMPTY | Search for all issues where the custom field is empty. |
"Estimated release" is not EMPTY | Search for all issues where the custom field is not empty. |