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+# JIRA Creation Guidelines
+
+This is a guide to the type of information that is desired in JIRA tickets.
+
+# For bugs / improvement requests on any existing features or docs: 
+   - Provide a screenshot when it’s applicable.  Not just of the offending line or excerpt, but of the entire application window.
+      - This is especially true for issues related to ECL Watch.
+   - Provide a zap file if there is one.
+   - Build version of the environment you're using.
+   - URL to environment.
+   - URL to workunit.
+   - Which browser and its version.
+   - Steps for reproducing.
+      - Laid out in an easy to understand format.  
+      - Either a numbered set of steps or even something simple as:
+         - Open Browser > Navigate to here > then click this tab 
+   - Any artifacts that are relevant to the recreation of the issue.
+      - These include input files, code, pkgmap contents, etc.
+   - Type of environment where the HPCC Platform is running.
+      - Bare-metal environment, VM, container?
+      - Details on the systems used to start these such as:
+         - Operation system 
+         - Minikube or Docker Desktop
+         - Virtual Box
+   - Steps taken to install the platform if this is related to installation and init.
+   - If this is a bare-metal build, where did you get your package and what is the md5sum of this package?
+   - Include stack traces and a copy of the core file if possible.
+      - It could be that the core file is too big to be uploaded so either a link to core file would suffice.
+   - Ensure that there's no Personally Identifiable Information in the ticket.
+
+# For new features, the reporter should provide in detail:
+
+   - What the feature should do?
+   - Why do they need it?
+   - How important is it (same for a bug)?  This will help the team prioritize the issue
+   - If documentation of any kind is needed (red book, blog, devdoc, etc) either add it as part of this Jira / PR, or create a new ticket for the documentation team and put in the information the doc team requested and add the doc Jira as a “relates” to the original issue.
+
+ * Developers are encouraged to add information to the Jira as their work progresses.  This should include things like:
+   - Is this a new issue or something that has been around for a long time but just now found? (will help figure when the issue got introduced)
+   - Briefly describe how was the issue resolved or any information that will be helpful if someone encounters this issue again
+
+
+
diff --git a/devdoc/userdoc/README.md b/devdoc/userdoc/README.md
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 Documentation in this directory is targeted to end-users of the HPCC Systems Platform.
 This is less-formal documentation intended to be produced and released more quickly than the published HPCC documentation. See [HPCC documentation](https://github.com/hpcc-systems/HPCC-Platform/tree/master/docs) if you would like to contribute to our official docs.
 
-## Directory structure under devdoc
+## Directory structure under userdoc
 ::: info
  -  **userdoc/troubleshoot:** Information related to troubleshooting particular components
  -  **userdoc/azure:** Useful information about Azure Cloud portal and cli
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This is less-formal documentation intended to be produced and released more quic
 -   [Client Tools Installation issues](./troubleshoot/ClientsToolIssues.md): An explanation of how to resolve common cient tool installation issues.
 -   [EclWatch 9 overview](https://hpccsystems.com/resources/nifty-features-in-ecl-watch-version-9-0/): Helpful hints to help the transition to the new eclwatch.
 -   [RoxieFAQ](./roxie/FAQ.md): Q&A for Roxie.
+-   [JIRA Creation Guideline](./JiraGuidelines.md): Useful guide for creating JIRA tickets.
 
 
 ## HPCC Website documentation