Confluence Updates

Create a new page draft while editing a page with greater speed and simplicity

While editing a page, you can now type /Create Confluence page and instantly create a brand new page with greater simplicity and speed than ever before. Now, this action will automatically generate a new page draft in a new tab and insert a link to that draft within the page you're currently on.

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Editor Updates

Add media from web links

You can now add media, including images and videos, directly from web links into your Confluence pages. This is an update to the existing image upload process. In the Add image, video, or file toolbar dropdown and backslash command palette, you can now upload files or media from links.

• Image and video upload from web links: The new feature allows you to insert media by pasting a URL, making it faster for you to add online resources to your content.

• Updated toolbar and quick actions: The toolbar and quick action commands now open a popup with two tabs, "file" and "link", for more flexible media insertion.

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Media interaction improvements

We are improving media interactions within editor for a more intuitive workflow and experience.

• Double click to open media viewer: You can now double-click to open the media viewer in both Live Pages (view and edit modes) and the default editor, providing a quicker way to access media content.

• Navigate media within documents: You can now navigate all media within a document, making it easier to manage and review multiple media files when in the media viewer.

Refine command palette prompts with AI

We're introducing a new feature to the AI command palette in Editor. The Refine button allows you to select follow-up prompts for any AI-generated response, so you can continue to generate AI-prompts within the command palette.

What's new:

• "Refine" button for follow-up prompts: Easily select follow-up actions for AI responses.

• Streamlined interaction: Access additional AI-generated suggestions within the AI command palette.

Whiteboards Updates

Voting in Confluence whiteboards

Simplify collaborative decision-making with voting in whiteboards. Use it for brainstorming, retrospectives, and more with your team. Anyone on the whiteboard can start, manage, and conclude voting sessions.

View detailed results with the top-voted items and individual votes.

Whiteboards voting improvements

Run more flexible voting sessions in Confluence whiteboards with anonymous voting and the ability to mark yourself as done.

You can also delete old voting sessions, and hide votes on the whiteboard as needed.

Collaborate more easily on whiteboards by following your teammates

Follow your teammates wherever they are on Confluence whiteboards for easier collaboration.

You can follow anyone by clicking their avatar at the top of the whiteboard.

Import Miro boards to Confluence whiteboards

Keep all your work in one place by importing your boards from Miro to editable, native elements in Confluence whiteboards.

Export your Miro boards as vector PDFs and import to Confluence whiteboards for this functionality. Read more about how to do this and what Atlassian supports.

Double-click on a cell to enter edit mode in databases

Double-click on a cell to enter edit mode in Confluence databases for a more controlled editing experience. Values copied to your clipboard can be pasted directly into the database by selecting a cell and pasting.

Helpful ways to find the link to use for your Smart Link

You now have a list of recent links to pick from when creating a new Smart Link and not just from Confluence, from other tools like Google Drive and Microsoft 365. You can also search for the link you want to add by typing in the link field.

Jira Updates

An improvement to the Jira search experience

When using the search field, results will be based on the Summary, Description and all text custom fields. The Search issues field in the top navigation will also follow this rule. To try it out, go to the issue navigator in your project and select Issues.

(Before this change, results were also based in Comments and Worklog, which caused results to be slower to load. If you’d prefer to search using text fields, select More + to view additional field filters, then select Text.)

Efficiency improvements in the calendar view

In our ongoing effort to streamline tasks and enhance your experience with the calendar view, we’re rolling out the following improvements:

• Load more issues without pagination — We’ve replaced the page numbers at the bottom of the calendar with a single Load more button. Selecting this will keep currently loaded issues in view while loading the next 50.

• Real-time updates — If you create, update, or delete an issue, other team members viewing the calendar will see those changes in real-time without reloading the page.

• Hide done items via URL — If you switch on the toggle to hide done items, the parameter hideDone=true will be added to the page’s URL. If switched off, the parameter will be removed. You can use these URLs to share exactly what you’re seeing, without unnecessary configuration. This change is only applicable to business projects.

• Manage issue types — While creating issues in the calendar, you’ll notice a new option to Manage types in the issue type dropdown. Selecting this gives you quicker access to the issue type configuration page in project settings. This change is only applicable to software projects (to match existing functionality in business projects).

• Improved sorting — When a day in the calendar contains multiple items, you’ll notice a consistent sorting pattern that better shows the continuity of longer events and prioritises important context like sprints and releases. Sprints will always appear at the top of the day, followed by multi-day events, releases, and single-day events.

Unless otherwise stated, these changes will be available on software projects, business projects, plans, and Jira Service Management.

To try out these improvements, head to the calendar by going to your project, then select Calendar in the sidebar.

Updates to filter name searches

We’re updating the filter name searches in dashboards and the filters page to provide consistent and predictable results.

Previously, filter name searches used the JQL text search syntax, which produced inconsistent results when the search term contained certain special characters. Now, search results will display all filters that contain the search term.

Update story points directly in the issue navigator list view

Projects that use story points can now edit the Story points and Story point estimate fields directly in the list view of the issue navigator.

1. Go to Issues in the project sidebar

2. Switch to List view

3. Find the Story points or Story points estimate columns and update them without opening the issue

Compact way to see all linked issues in Jira from the Issue view

Instead of scrolling through a long list of linked issues, they’re now neatly displayed in the Linked issues column.

When selected, a smaller window opens with linked issues sitting side-by-side. Each is still hyperlinked so you can quickly refresh your memory, and a scroll bar means you still have access to them all.

This saves on space and helps to reduce page load times too.

Forms Updates

Collect work requests with forms for all Jira projects

Collect work requests from stakeholders directly into all Jira projects. Once someone completes your form, this creates an issue ready to be prioritized and worked on straight away.

To create a Jira form, you’ll need project admin access:

1. Open a project, and navigate to Forms in the project navigation.

2. Select an existing form, or select + Create form.

How to create a form.

Filter form-related requests in Jira

You can now quickly filter and locate requests linked to a submitted form, without the need to manually search.

To get started:

1. Open Jira and navigate your business project.

2. Go to the Forms tab.

3. Locate the recent form.

4. Select View submitted.

You’ll be taken to your list view with the new search filter already applied.

Create action items in Jira issues

There may be times when you just want a simple to-do list instead of creating subtasks within issues.

You can now add action items within the description and comments of an issue. This feature lets you use checkboxes to format your text, helping you compile a list of the things that don’t need separate tracking.

More about action items

To get started:

1. Navigate to a Jira issue.

2. In the Description field, select Action item (checkbox icon) from the toolbar available in the editor or type [] (open and close square brackets).

3. Type your action. 

Quickly view images directly from your board issue cards

By adding an image attachment to an issue, you can show or hide images directly from your board in a company-managed software project.

To add or change an issue’s cover image:

1. Navigate to your board view.

2. Hover over an issue.

3. Select ••• (more) on the issue.

4. Select Edit cover image and choose from the options.

Highlight work with color in your list

Identify and highlight key work that needs your attention with format rules in your list. With a format rule, you can automatically format individual cells or entire rows with colors, when specific criteria is met.

For example, to highlight work that’s running behind schedule, you could create the rule: red row when due date is before today. More examples of format rules and their purpose, plus how to create a format rule.

To create a new format rule in your list:

1. Go to your project, and select List.

2. Select Format.

3. Select + Add a rule in the Format rules sidepanel.

New additions to the More (•••) menu on an issue

When viewing the timeline in business projects, you can now change parent issue, edit an issue's start and end dates, and link to to issues using the More (•••) menu on the issue.

Improve issue description clarity with AI

Use Atlassian Intelligence to add clear, consistent structure to your Jira issue descriptions.

Once you have added all the details to include in your description, AI can restructure it into meaningful sections based on the issue type, including:

• User story, context and acceptance criteria (for stories)

• Impact, expected behaviour, and workarounds (for bugs)

• Objectives, scope, and risks (for epics).

The more detail you include in your description to start, the more complete the improved description will be.

To get started:

1. While editing your description, select Writing assistant.

2. Select Improve description.

Atlassian Intelligence will restructure your description and, when you’re happy, you can select Replace to add it to your issue.

Plan 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.

Create a child issue from your plan timeline

You can now create a child issue type directly on your plan timeline without hunting through the work hierarchy level. Using the inline menu above the issue, 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.

Add external sprints to your plan

You can now assign issues to any sprint in your site regardless of whether it's included in your plan. This allows planners to assign work that belongs to teams outside their plan without leaving the page. Your plan refers to these as external sprints, and adds the [EXT.] lozenge next to their name.

External sprints are not added to your plan when you assign issues to them. To use the more complex sprint-based planning capabilities such as capacity planning, you'll need to add the board in which that sprint was created as an issue source of your plan.

Accessibility improvements in the project timeline

Over the next few weeks, we'll be shipping a few accessibility improvements when viewing the project timeline. These changes make it easier for those using assistive technologies (such as screen readers) to track their work using the timeline view.

Atlassian Fast Facts

Tips and information for WashU Atlassian users.

Add a page status in Confluence

1. Select Add status from under the page breadcrumbs (and above the title) while in edit mode.

2. Choose between a suggested or custom status from those listed or add a new one.

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