Confluence Updates

Transfer ownership of up to 100 pages at once

When someone leaves the university, they may leave behind a number of unmanned Confluence pages that become outdated without anyone realizing it. Space administrators now have a filter in the content manager that reveals pages with deactivated page owners. This allows them to quickly identify content that is no longer actively managed, and either remove it or transfer ownership (of up to 100 pages at a time) to someone else.

This new filter for “pages without active owners” has been consolidated into a dropdown with the filter for inactive pages.

Learn more about the content manager

• Select Content manager from the sidebar of a space you administer.

• Select the Filters drop-down in the top-left.

• Select Pages without active owners.

• Once you select a page, you’ll see button options to Archive, Delete, or Change owner.

Open password-protected PDF attachments in Confluence

You can now open protected PDFs in Confluence.

How to do it:

1. From a Confluence page, open a password-protected PDF attachment.

2. Type in the password for the document, then select Submit.

NOTE: We do not recommend using this functionality. There are other existing solutions that may meet this need (eg., Box, linking a protected file to a Jira issue/Confluence page). User who use this feature are responsible for their own passwords.

Jira Updates

Updates for editing and managing issues

New keyboard shortcut: Edit issues with command or ctrl + k

We're adding more ways to edit issues using the command palette, so you can quickly make changes to the fields of an issue without the need of a mouse.

When you have an issue open, press command + K or Ctrl + K to open the command palette. From there, you can either start typing for the field you want to edit, or select a field from the list.

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Reordering issues on the list view using assistive technology

We’ve made our drag-and-drop functionality more accessible in the list view. Reordering issues on the list view is screen-reader- and keyboard-friendly for those using assistive technology.

Import linked issues using Jira's CSV importer

When importing data using a CSV file, admins can configure issue linking to show dependencies and related work. You can set link types, such as blocks, is blocked by, clones, is cloned by, duplicates, is duplicated by, and relates to while mapping data from your CSV file to fields in Jira Software or Jira Work Management.

Read about importing data using the CSV importer

Bulk edit the status of issues in the backlog

Transition up to 1000 issues through their workflow straight from the backlog. For example, you could move 10 issues from In progress to Done, or you could move 100 issues from To do to In progress.

We're still working on adding more complex scenarios to this experience. For now, you can only select issues that share a workflow. Also, you can only transition to statuses that don't require you to fill in a transition screen.

Try it out by selecting multiple issues from the backlog:

• Use the issue checkboxes.

• Use Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) while selecting issues.

• Use the Shift key to select a group of adjacent issues.

Once you’ve chosen the issues you’d like to edit, select Edit, then Transition from the toolbar which appears on the backlog when you start selecting issues.

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Edit more fields directly in the issue navigator

You can now edit an issue’s priority, assignee, reporter, and sprint without opening the issue.

To try it out, go to the issue navigator by selecting Issues in the project sidebar. Alternatively, select Filters in the navigation, then select View all issues.

From the list view, select an issue’s priority, reporter, assignee, or sprint field to edit. Make your changes, then use the Enter key to save.

Build more advanced queries using basic search

Build powerful search queries without the need to learn JQL (Jira Query Language). When searching for issues in a project, you can now select the operator = (equals) or != (not equals) in basic mode to refine your search or quickly view its opposite.

How to search for issues in a project

To try it out, go to the Issues page in your project. Use the dropdowns in basic mode to build your query, and select = (equals) to view issues that match your criteria. Alternatively, select != (not equals) to exclude issues matching the criteria.

Jira Plans Updates:

Jira Plans with Overviews

Jira Work Management Overviews and Jira Software Plans have been combined into one advanced planning feature, Jira Plans. This means you can now track org-wide goals and projects within a single source of truth.

What’s new

• New calendar view: view, filter, and search the calendar to keep track of deadlines. Drag and drop issues to instantly change the dates.

• Enhanced summary view: get actionable insights at the top for issues that require attention and see the status overview chart for a quick snapshot of how work is progressing.

New and improved Warning Center

We've redesigned the Warning center that lives in Jira Plans to make it easier to read and use.

Read more about the Warning center in Plans.

New Jira Plans Summary

Your new Jira plans Summary experience delivers rich data to consume in just a glance, or go deep into on key topics for a selected date range.

At the top of the Summary screen, you’ll find four overview cards:

• unassigned issues

• high priority issues

• overdue issues

• blocked issues

Beneath these are 4 plan health widgets that include Status overview, Issue progress, Key dependencies and Team capacity.

Make sprint retros easier with Jira's new embedded whiteboard feature

Atlassian makes it easy for teams to capture end-of-sprint feedback. This feature allows Jira customers to launch a Confluence whiteboard retrospective at the end of a sprint.

When Jira customers select Complete sprint on their board, they'll see a message to Connect Jira to Confluence.

Customers who've already signed up for Confluence will then:

• Check the box to connect the two products.

• Select the Complete sprint button.

• Select Whiteboard retrospective.

• Begin their whiteboard retrospective without leaving Jira.

If customers do not have a Confluence account, they'll be asked to sign up before they can explore whiteboard's templates.

Customize priorities for your projects

Good news!  Atlassian will soon release priority schemes for individual Jira Cloud projects.  To prepare, we are reaching out to Jira project administrators to ask if you would like to apply a custom priority scheme to your Jira project(s).  A custom scheme will narrow the project’s priority choices and hopefully reduce confusion.

If you haven’t already connected with a WashU Atlassian admin to adjust your Jira project’s priority scheme, submit a General Service Ticket in ServiceNow.

Open password-protected PDF attachments in Jira

You can now open protected PDFs in Jira.

How to do it:

1. From a Jira issue, open a password-protected PDF attachment.

2. Type in the password for the document, then select Submit.

NOTE: We do not recommend using this functionality. There are other existing solutions that may meet this need (eg., Box, linking a protected file to a Jira issue/Confluence page). User who use this feature are responsible for their own passwords.

JSM Updates

Navigation group label change

We've updated the "Channels & people" group label in the project navigation to "Directory" to better accommodate optional features that appear in the navigation when enabled.

Atlassian Fast Facts

Tips and information for WashU Atlassian users.

Confluence links - blocked content?

Have you clicked on a link to a Confluence page and landed on a message that says the content is blocked? Check the top right corner for your avatar or initials. If you see a door instead, select it to sign in.

For more information on signing in, see the Logging In page.

Atlassian Intelligence has been enabled in Confluence & Jira

Select one of these links to learn more:

https://support.atlassian.com/organization-administration/docs/atlassian-intelligence-features-in-confluence/

https://support.atlassian.com/organization-administration/docs/atlassian-intelligence-features-in-jira-software/

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