Get started with Laya Board for Jira

Install the app

1. Open the listingOpen Laya Board for Jira on the Atlassian Marketplace.
2. Install it on your siteInstall the app and review the permissions it asks for. Installing needs a Jira site administrator, takes about a minute and costs nothing.

Open your first board

1. From a projectOpen a Jira project and choose Laya Board in its sidebar: every project has one, with nothing to set up. The board loads with your Jira board's own columns. From a Jira board or backlog, the ••• menu's Open in Laya Board does the same.
2. Or from Mission ControlOpen Apps, then Laya Board, to see Mission Control, the hub that lists your boards, with starred and recent ones first.
3. Make a changeDrag a card to another column: the app runs the Jira workflow transition and shows the result straight away. Open a card to edit it.
4. Try the viewsSwitch between Board, Backlog, Table, Timeline and Calendar at the top of the board.

Share a board with someone outside Jira

Choose Share externally, set what guests see, and choose Create share link. You get a live, read-only link to send. No account or laya.net link is needed. See share a board externally.

Optional: link laya.net

To bring in boards from other tools, compose master boards or use native Laya boards, link the site to a laya.net workspace. It takes a short pairing code. See connect laya.net.