Introducing Action items in Jira

[Darryl Lee]

Hey all - so ... for whatever good it might do, I guess we could vote and watch these feature requests:

• AUTO-1668 - To-do lists (checkboxes) / action items / checklists in text fields via automation 
• AUTO-1612 - Clone action clones an issue with Action items converted into Bullet list 
• JRACLOUD-85414 - Manage Action items in Jira via JQL or REST API or Automations 

I hear online betting is really big now. I wonder what odds we could get on any of these getting implemented in say, 2 years? (I'd be happy with just AUTO-1668.)

[Dennis Kohl]

I believe our best approach is to focus on AUTO-1612. It addresses a similar issue as AUTO-1668, but AUTO-1612 is recognized as a bug and might be prioritized over a suggestion? If they resolve this bug, it could potentially address the suggestion as well. Even if it doesn't, the clone function is perfect for everything we need via automation until AUTO-1668 is implemented. Still, if you read this and have time...please vote for both!

It's worth noting that the implementation for Action Items took 9 years, despite having many votes. That was a suggestion JRACLOUD-47605

[Stuart McCarthy]

I have used Actions a little recently. One problem I have come across is that when I go back to edit the actions as completed by clicking the checkbox, I have in multiple situations had the formatting erased. It switches to markdown and is unable to be restored.

Anybody know why this could be happening? 

I should add that the whole description gets overwritten by what is stored in the description of the parent Epic.

[Pavel Zemnukhov]

It's a good feature, but isn't it Jira is much behind for things like this? Checklist features existed in systems like Notion long time ago.

Here, we still have limitations with pasting markdown text with checklist items, which doesn't work until you manually delete the space and add it again.

And it's not working in automation, a little bit disappointing. 

[Apryl Harris]

Can native Jira JQL be used to query for Action items?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Apryl Harris 

Short answer: no.

Here is the suggestion to add the ability to search for action items using JQL, the REST API, or automation rules: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-85414

Kind regards,
Bill