Fill-in Questions

Some things change every time: the customer, the release, the start date. A fill-in question asks the person creating the work, and puts the answer everywhere it's needed.

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Adding a question

1. In a template, click { } and choose Fill-in question, or type {{ask:Customer name}}.
2. Use the same question wherever the answer belongs: the summary, the description, a child item.

The text after ask: is the question. The same question in several places is asked once.

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Where it's asked

Where the work is created	What happens
Create work item from template	A "This template asks" box comes first, and Create waits for every answer
Apply template on a work item	The questions show in the template's row, and nothing changes until you choose Apply with these answers
A schedule	Answered once in the schedule form, and used by every run. A blank answer stays blank.
Jira's Create dialog and the portal	Nobody can be asked there, so the question shows as [Customer name] to replace by hand

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Good to know

• Answers go in as plain text, so < and & appear as typed.

Related

• Variables
• Creating work