Confluence Updates

Copy links to content in one click

It's now easier to copy links to content using Confluence's built-in copy link than copying the link from the browser window. Look for one-click copy link buttons next to the Share button and when hovering over content titles.

This saves you an action because all you need to do is point and click. To copy the browser link, you need to point, click to highlight, and use your keyboard shortcut to copy the link.

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Display Jira issues in a table on your Confluence page

Now you can use filters to search for Jira issues and display them in a table, without leaving the Confluence page.

This improvement follows the release that allows you to search for issues using keywords or JQL, and flexibility to add, remove, and reorder fields.

How to display Jira issues in a table

Start using filters to search for Jira issues:

1. Create a new Confluence page or edit an existing one.

2. Type /jira and select Jira issues.

3. Use the filters to search by Project, Type, Status, or Assignee (or use JQL).

4. Select Insert issues.

This will display your selected issues in a table format you can interact with.

To edit your table of Jira issues:

1. Select anywhere on the table.

2. Select the Edit button (left-most icon) from the menu that appears at the bottom of the table.

3. Edit your search query using Basic or JQL.

4. Select Insert issues.

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New email notifications when pages and blogs are deleted

We're updating our email communications to improve how we notify you when content is deleted or created.

Grouped notifications

Notifications related to the same entity or object will be grouped together to help users manage their day-to-day activities better.

To open grouped notifications:

1. Select the Notifications (bell) icon from the top-right menu.

2. Your notifications will appear grouped by entity or object.

Get to know the new sidebar

We've redesigned the sidebar to make it sleeker, more intuitive, and more compact. As part of this change, we've added a new All content item where you can discover content and search within a space. We've also rearranged sections for Shortcuts, Content, and Apps and made them expandable. Finally, we've added tooltips for sidebar elements — along with a few other accessibility features.

Protect your progress with autosave while using the Roadmap Planner macro

The roadmap planner macro will now autosave changes for you every 15 seconds, so important progress won't be lost or inadvertently discarded.

If you do want to discard changes you've made while creating or updating your roadmap planner, select Close to exit the modal, then revert the page to a prior version via Page history.

Improved support for colors when converting pages from the legacy editor

When you convert a page from the legacy editor, your text will retain its color in the new editor.

Jira Updates

Configure your swimlanes on a Kanban board

Organize the issues on your board vertically, horizontally, and with increased accessibility.

Add swimlanes to your Kanban board with a refreshed settings experience. From your board, go to [...] then Configure board > Swimlanes.

Sort your issues by a JQL query, assignee, epic, story, or project to get a better view of what you and the team are working on.

Include subtasks when calculating workload by assignee

We've added an option to include subtasks when viewing workload by assignee via the backlog in company-managed projects.

To see this change, go to the backlog view in your company-managed scrum project. Select the More menu (...) next to any avatar icon, which will open Workload by assignee. Use the toggle to Include subtasks in estimates in the sum of estimates for each assignee in the sprint.

Filter backlog by subtask

We've brought a subtask filter to the backlog view in company-managed scrum projects.

To use this new filtering option, select the Type filter from the backlog view, then select Sub-task.

If your team uses a custom name for subtasks, it will appear in the issue type filter instead of Sub-task.

New Parent field to replace Epic Link and Parent Link

We're improving the way you associate epics with your bugs, stories and tasks in Jira by replacing the existing Epic link and Parent link fields in company-managed projects with the Parent field, consistent with team-managed projects. Read more about these changes on the Community

With this release, we've introducing the following changes:

• the Parent field is now available when creating new schemes and layouts

• the existing Epic link and Parent link fields have been replaced with the Parent field in the issue view, and when creating new issues and workflow transitions

• the Add parent feature seen in team-managed projects has now been added to the company-managed issue view

• the parent JQL function now includes the functionality of the epic link, parent link and parentEpic functions

Grouped notifications

Notifications related to the same entity or object will be grouped together to help users manage their day-to-day actvities better.

To open grouped notifications:

1. Select the Notifications (bell) icon from the top-right menu.

2. Your notifications will appear grouped by entity or object. 

Identify issues with card colors

Add a color to your issues to quickly identify your work. Colors can be based on a Jira query, issue type, priority, or assignee.

This is a refreshed experience — the modernized UI is also more accessible and it adopts the global Jira color picker, decked out with a palette of recommended hues.

To add a color, go to your board, then More [...] > Configure board. From the Card Colors page, select a method then pick a color.

Jira Service Management Updates

JSM: Make edits on a form without opening up edits for customers in the portal

You can now edit a form on issue view without it also opening edits for customers in the portal view. Simply select Edit form when you’re wanting to make edits yourself without giving your customer editing power. When you need to request customer changes, or ask customers to complete new forms, select Open customer edits.

We’ve also made improvements to form settings so you can understand and see your selected preferences much more clearly.

Read more about opening customer edits on a form, or about form states

Atlassian Fast Facts

Tips and information for WashU Atlassian users.

Requesting Access to Confluence or Jira

We have a new ServiceNow catalog item for Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) access requests.  This single request form should make onboarding easier.

Confluence Page Layouts

You can break your page into different sections and columns using the page layout option. It's a great way to organize content on your page.

Select the Layout button at the top and choose your layout from the menu that appears below:

Jira Dashboards

Create a dashboard to see an overview of one or several projects at once.
Create and edit a dashboard
5 steps to create a killer dashboard in Jira Software

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