New API token expiration change

Beginning December 15, 2024, any new API tokens created by users will have a configurable duration of up to one year.

*Note: This does not affect existing API tokens.

To learn more about managing API tokens at your organization, please review Atlassian’s documentation: https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-account/docs/manage-api-tokens-for-your-atlassian-account/.

Confluence Updates

Introducing a new UI and bulk actions to the Content manager

We're excited to introduce a new UI to the Content manager, along with new bulk change owner and status features for nested tables. These updates aim to improve your workflow efficiency and table management experience.

• Bulk change owner and status for nested tables: Now available in nested tables, these actions streamline your content management by allowing bulk updates, previously only possible in filtered, flat versions.

• New UI: Enjoy a more flexible table interface with options to resize, pin, and show/hide columns, enhancing your data visualization and management.

• Improved load times: Experience quicker load times for the table, ensuring a smoother and more efficient user experience.

These enhancements are designed to make managing your content more intuitive and efficient. Dive into the new features and optimize your workflow today!

To get started, go to Space settings, then select Content manager. Or, select Content manager from the space sidebar.

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Updates to Confluence's daily digest

We're excited to roll out new enhancements for our daily digest. In this update, you'll receive a summary of the pages and blogs you've watched and viewed.

Confluence databases updates

Quick calculations

Calculate sums, averages, min, max, and other insights with quick calculations in Confluence databases.

Right-click on any field, go to Calculate, and select the calculation you want to see. Results appear at the bottom of the database.

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Use templates to create Confluence databases

Use templates to get started easily with Confluence databases. Current templates include product requirements, a content library, and a research repository.

To use a template in a new database, select one from Templates in the setup panel. To use a template in an existing database, open the More menu at the top of the database and select Import & templates.

Add numbered entries to Confluence databases

Add numbered entries to your databases in Confluence for better organization.

Enable Number entries from the Table Layout settings for a view.

Insert and share anchor links with greater ease

The anchor link macro (formerly called the "anchor macro") has been updated to look and function more intuitively. Now, it is easier than ever to create a hyperlink to a specific part of a page. Upon inserting an anchor link, you'll be able to quickly select Copy link from the floating toolbar and share that link wherever needed.

Summarize with Atlassian Intelligence

Summarize changes to a page or blog post

Now when Premium and Enterprise customers visit a page for the first time in a while, they can use Atlassian Intelligence to generate a brief summary of changes since their last visit. Use this feature to quickly catch up on changes to a project plan after an important review, or to get a sense of what you missed while you were on vacation.

Atlassian Intelligence will only generate a summary if someone has edited the page since your last visit. If there aren't any changes to summarize, it will present you with a summary of the page to help you refresh your memory on the key points.

Atlassian Intelligence is available to all customers with Premium and Enterprise plans. Organization admins can manage Atlassian Intelligence preferences from Settings > Atlassian Intelligence in Atlassian Administration.

To summarize changes using Atlassian Intelligence:

1. Navigate to a Confluence page or blog post that you’ve visited before.

2. Select Summarize changes from the drop-down menu in the Summarize button on the top right.

3. Atlassian Intelligence will generate a summary of changes since you last visited the page or post.

You can copy the summary to your clipboard, rate the quality of the summary, and provide feedback on the feature using the buttons at the bottom of the summary panel.

Summarize whiteboards

Save time and get the details you need to do your work faster by generating a summary of the content on an whiteboard using Atlassian Intelligence.

1. Go to the Confluence whiteboard you want to summarize.

2. Select Summarize from the top right (to the left of the share button).

3. Atlassian Intelligence will generate a summary of the whiteboard's contents.

At this time, summaries generated by Atlassian Intelligence don’t include content from images or links.

Enhanced table features in the comments editor

This update brings a new, improved table experience to the comments editor, matching the capabilities of the full-page editor. It ensures consistent and enhanced table functionality across different editor surfaces, reducing cognitive load and preparing for future platform-wide adoption.

• Custom table widths: Adjust table widths to fit your content needs for greater flexibility.

• Drag and drop: Easily reposition tables within the comments editor for a more intuitive editing experience.

• Table alignment: Use new alignment options to better organize and present your data.

Nest expands within expands

We've introduced the ability to nest expands within other expands in the editor. This can help you organize the hierarchy of content, improving readability and navigation within documents.

• Nested expands: You can now create nested expands within other expands, allowing for deeper levels of content organization.

• Improved Editor functionality: The editor now supports more complex content structures, making it easier to manage detailed information.

Discard draft pages from the editor with ease

Draft pages with no content can now be instantly discarded from the toolbar via the Discard draft button. Blank drafts will also now be visible in the sidebar and Recent tab (to the draft's creator and anyone else with the link) for 7 days before being automatically discarded.

This change will allow for increased overall page performance and higher visibility into the number of blank drafts that you currently have in a space.

Blogs are moving

To help you keep your spaces clean and tidy, we're hiding blogs for new spaces and current spaces where blogs aren't being used.

For all other spaces, we're moving blogs into the content tree so they're close to the rest of your work. You can find them in their own section, below Content.

To turn blogs back on, or turn them off if you're no longer using them:

1. Navigate to the space, then select Space settings.

2. Under Manage space, select Features (only space administrators have this option).

3. Select the toggle next to Blogs to turn them on or off.

Add hyperlinks to whiteboards

Hyperlinks can now be added to whiteboards text.

Easily share links with your collaborators on a whiteboard through free text or text within an element. Hyperlinked text will appear blue.

Jira Updates

Jira Plans Updates

Plan Timeline header issue create improvement

You can now create issue types directly on your plan timeline without hunting through the work hierarchy level.

From the Timeline header create button, you'll be prompted to select a project, which will then display all possible child issue types. Save time and start creating new work inside your plan with less hassle.

Update to exclusion rules in Jira plans

We’re making tweak to the way our exclusion rules apply in Jira plans.

Previously, if a parent issue was excluded from a plan timeline, but the child issue was visible, then the parent issue would still show based on “parent completion.”

From now on, the exclusion rule will apply regardless of the completion status of a parent and simply exclude based on the specific exclusion rule.

This unifies exclusion rule behaviour across plans.

Plans Group now displays related child work items

When grouping, child issues will now appear under their parent’s group, regardless of their assigned group. This change to the plan timeline behaviour aligns with the list view and project timeline.

Your Program board in Plans now recommends sprints

When you sync sprints in your Program board, you'll now see recommended sprints that align with the dates of the columns.

Quick-add buttons decluttered in the issue view

We’ve consolidated all the quick-add buttons to declutter the issue view, enhance clarity, and scale. You’ll now find buttons, such as "Attach” and “Linked issues”, under the Add button, and buttons from your third-party integrations under Apps.

Read more about the changes 

Get new work suggestions for code repository pull requests needing attention

Work suggestions in Jira will now show you new suggestions for pull requests that need your attention.

You’ll see suggestions when your pull requests are ready to merge, have been inactive for more than five days, or when someone adds you as a reviewer on their draft pull requests.

Depending on the source code management tool you’re using and its connection with Jira, you may receive some or all of these work suggestions.

When you select your avatar on the board, these suggestions, if available, will automatically appear in the work suggestions panel.

The new suggestions will be available in scrum and kanban projects in Jira.

Read more about work suggestions in Jira

We’ve cleaned up your Jira backlog

Only view the issues that need doing from your backlog. We’re now automatically filtering out any issues if they have a done status or a resolution.

To view this change to your backlog, you'll need to be using a team-managed software project with sprints enabled:

1. In your project navigation, open your Backlog.

2. View your list of issues in your backlog. This should no longer include issues with a status category of done.

To view done issues, navigate to other views such as the board or list.

Archive your Jira issues

Instead of deleting issues, Premium and Enterprise users can now archive issues from your project to reduce clutter.

If you archive an issue, it will only appear in Archived issues and can no longer be edited. You can restore an archived issue if you need it in the future.

To help your team start archiving issues straightaway, we’ve automatically allowed users, groups and roles to archive issues if they already have the permission to delete issues.

To archive an issue:

1. Make sure you're viewing an issue either in the side bar or in full screen.

2. Select More actions.

3. Select Archive and confirm your changes.

More about archiving issues

Introducing a brand new toolbar for bulk actions

We’re introducing a toolbar in the backlog so users can update multiple issues even more seamlessly.

To use the new toolbar:

1. Select multiple issues from the backlog or list. You can either:

   1. use the issue checkboxes

   2. hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) while selecting issues

   3. hold the Shift key to select a group of adjacent issues

2. The new toolbar will appear. You can either select Edit fields to make edits to fields in your issues or Change status to transition your issues.

JSM Update

Use Atlassian Intelligence to draft a reply

You can now use Atlassian Intelligence to draft replies (beta) for your customers. The replies will be based on comments added by agents while resolving similar requests.

To use Atlassian Intelligence to draft a reply:

1. Select any issue from Queues.

2. Select Add internal note or Reply to customer.

3. Select Atlassian Intelligence from the toolbar, and then select Draft Reply. Alternatively, use /draftreply.

You can copy, insert, or edit the reply as needed.

Atlassian Fast Facts

Tips and information for WashU Atlassian users.

Working with tables in Confluence

https://www.atlassian.com/blog/add-ons/best-practices-for-tables-in-confluence

https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/resources/guides/best-practices/make-tables#make-quick-work-of-tables

Jira Kanban boards vs. Scrum boards

https://www.atlassian.com/agile/kanban/kanban-vs-scrum

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