Components and epics

[K Niharika Samyuktha]

I have a doubt on how to assign the components. What is a component? Do we assign the components to the epics or story? If we assign it to an epic, can we link multiple components to one epic? 

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi @K Niharika Samyuktha  - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Components are like Labels or Tags. But they set values that can be added to a Project by a Project Administrator or Jira Administrator. They are helpful for organizing or categorizing your work. They are especially helpful with reporting. 

Yes, you can add multiple components to a single issue (e.g. Epic). 

[K Niharika Samyuktha]

Thanks!

[John Funk]

Did you get this accomplished? 

[K Niharika Samyuktha]

Yeah it is done. Apparently we cannot add multiple components to an epic when using the import via csv option. 

[John Funk]

Is this a Company-managed project? Or Team-managed?

[K Niharika Samyuktha]

Company-managed project

[Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_ · Accepted solution]

The field "Components" is always a multiselect.

You can think of it as a way to order issues horizontal compared to vertical (Epic > Task > Subtask).

Every component has a lead and a default assignee, so you can use them to order issues to people automatically, otherwise it is just another way to group issues. So it really depends on what you're doing in your project and how many ways of "grouping" you need.

[K Niharika Samyuktha]

How do to the same when uploading a csv file?

[Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_]

To do what?

What do you want to import per csv?

[K Niharika Samyuktha]

I am doing bulk upload using csv. So all the epics, user stories everything will be imported per csv.

[Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_]

How to bulk import Components into JIRA Issues | Jira | Atlassian Documentation

Have a look at Option 2 in this documentation. It looks like you need to add multiple "Component" Columns to the csv

[K Niharika Samyuktha]

Thank you so much. Will look into it!