From the course: Complete Guide to Jira Administration: Configuration, Management, and Automation

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Scheme hierarchy

Scheme hierarchy

- It's good to know that some schemes depend on other schemes. Now, we'll discuss specific scheme dependencies so you know which to modify first. As you may have noticed in the previous section, there are some project settings that have or require multiple schemes. The hardest scheme relationship to understand is screens, so let's tackle that now. At the highest level is the Issue Type Screen Scheme. Each project has exactly one. It's used to create the issue type and screen scheme association. At the next level is the Screen Scheme. A project can have one or more. Screen schemes allow different sets of screens per issue type. In a previous section, we talked about Bugs and Tasks having different fields. A screen scheme makes this possible. A screen scheme contains one or more individual screens. This allows different screens for the create, edit, and view operations. Here's a practical example for a development project in Jira Cloud. The DEV Issue Type Screen Scheme has one screen…

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