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+Jira Ticketing Guideline
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+
+Mandatory Fields
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+
+Here is the list of mandatory fields for each jira ticket:
+
+**Project:**
+
+description: the name of related project
+
+values: aaa, bgpcep, controller, etc.
+
+**Priority:**
+
+description: the importance of ticket
+
+values: Highest (reserved for release blocker bugs), High, Medium, Low, Lowest
+
+**Type:**
+
+description: issue type
+
+values: Bug/New Feature/Task/Improvement/Deprecate
+
+**affectedVersion:**
+
+description: the version that the issue was seen (it’s only applicable to bugs)
+
+values: aluminum/silicon/etc.; “None” to be used for anything other than “Bug”
+
+**fixVersion:**
+
+description: the version targeted for the bug fix, new feature, behavior/feature change (improvement), or deprecated feature (the first time that the feature is being disappeared), the release schedule can be found `here <https://docs.opendaylight.org/en/latest/release-process/release-schedule.html>`_
+
+values: aluminum/silicon/etc.