Atlassian Cloud changes Feb 8 to Feb 15, 2021

These changes have recently been rolled out to Atlassian Cloud sites.

Changes labeled ROLLING OUT are being gradually rolled out and may not be on your site just yet.

Jira platform

Changes in this section usually apply to all Jira products. We'll tell you in the change description if something is only for a specific Jira product.

New issue view: Field tabs are back on the left side

ROLLING OUT NEW THIS WEEK

You told us that field tabs should be easily accessible in the issue view, not hidden in a long list of fields. So we’ve brought them back to the left side of issues (or at the top in a single-column layout) — a place for you to easily tab through important information.

Your field tabs that used to live amongst the long list of fields on the right have been automatically moved to the left.

To adjust tabs for a particular issue layout, configure its screen’s tabs and fields.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Create new plans with ease

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It’s never been easier to create a plan with relevant issues for your planning needs. With the new plan creation wizard, we’ve streamlined the process and redesigned the look and feel. We’ve also added new pages to the Configure menu so you can easily edit the plan’s scope at any time.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Planned Capacity

ROLLING OUT

New to Cloud - Plan your sprints and better allocate work using the new Capacity planning tool. This new feature allows you to set an average amount of work that your team can finish in an iteration, then balance work tasks over time. It also lets you view how much capacity an iteration has left so you don’t overbook your teams.

Read more on the Managing capacity page.

New issue view: Estimates for time tracking apps

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The new issue view now displays a field for the estimated time remaining when you use time tracking apps. To try it out, install your favorite time tracking app, go to an issue, and check it out yourself.

New issue view: Issue actions (or "looped" transitions) are now available

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Issue actions, where a transition allows you to perform an action but keep the issue in its current status, are now available next to the new issue view's status bar at the top right of an issue. If your issue's workflow has action(s), you'll see either the name of the action (if you have one action) or an Actions dropdown (if you have more than one action). Learn more about transitioning issues

Export your deployment information

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Have you wondered how to share deployment information outside your Jira project? Presenting an Export button right there in your Deployments view. Just click to download the deployment information in a CSV file and import it into Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets for further use. Learn more about the Deployments feature

Experience improved performance of Jira dashboard configuration

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To improve the performance of Jira dashboard gadgets, we’ve removed Projects under Shared with in Advanced search when you’re selecting a filter from the filter directory for gadgets.

New issue view: Associate a project to an issue

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You can now associate a project to an issue from the new issue view. Issues with a project picker custom field will automatically display where your admin configured it to display. To add a project picker custom field to an issue layout, create a custom field and associate it to a screen.

Enable the insights button on Next-Gen boards

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Premium plan customers, look out for Insights on your board and backlog. This new, data-driven feature helps you adapt existing processes, drive better outcomes, and plan with confidence.

It’s really fresh and the team behind it's eager for feedback. Get in there, give it a go, and share your experience. It honestly changes things.

Learn more about insights in next-gen projects.

Date range filter for your deployments

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Are you concerned about past deployments and wish there was an option to extract and view data for a specific timeframe? Go to Deployments view and click the Calendar icon to make it possible. Use the power of date range filter, now.

Get insights into your cycle time for deployments

ROLLING OUT

Do you struggle with the latest information on how much time you take work to get from branch to production? Here you go with an advanced Insights panel inside your Deployments view. Get a thorough understanding of the Cycle time in the palm of your hand. Learn how to make the best use of the Insights panel.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Fixed visibility of archived releases

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We’ve fixed a bug that showed archived releases when setting up your plan. Since issues in archived releases can’t be included in plans, we’ve fixed the exclusion rules pages to accurately reflect this.

New issue view: Delete all attachments

To get rid of all attachments on an issue, you no longer have to delete one attachment at a time. In the new issue view, you can now delete all attachments on an issue at once by going to the Attachments panel and selecting ··· > Delete all.

Jira Software

From March 31, 2021, we’ll begin moving all users to the new issue view in Jira Cloud products (Jira Software, Jira Service Desk, and Jira Core). Shortly after that, we’ll remove access to the old issue view. We’ve made great improvements to the new issue view in the past year and will continue to make it better before we remove the old one. For key dates, what’s next, and more details, check out our official announcement.

Roadmap: Drag and drop story-level issues

ROLLING OUT NEW THIS WEEK

Why yes, you can rearrange story-level issues directly on your roadmap. Just grab the issue, drag it, then drop it. Either adjust the issue’s rank in its current epic or move it to a new one. All these tricks to make roadmap maintenance a total breeze.

Enhanced release notes functionality

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Access the enhanced release notes functionality by navigating to Releases > Version > Release notes. The revised Release notes page in your Jira Software project provides you with the following options:

  • Create release notes in the markdown format
  • Regenerate release notes based on layout and issue types
  • Format and update release notes in the editor
  • Copy the release notes to the clipboard

Learn how to create release notes.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Create new plans with ease

ROLLING OUT

It’s never been easier to create a plan with relevant issues for your planning needs. With the new plan creation wizard, we’ve streamlined the process and redesigned the look and feel. We’ve also added new pages to the Configure menu so you can easily edit the plan’s scope at any time.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Planned Capacity

ROLLING OUT

New to Cloud - Plan your sprints and better allocate work using the new Capacity planning tool. This new feature allows you to set an average amount of work that your team can finish in an iteration, then balance work tasks over time. It also lets you view how much capacity an iteration has left so you don’t overbook your teams.

Read more on the Managing capacity page.

Anonymous access check for Jira Site Import

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This new security check will notify in advance if projects, dashboards, and filters are prone to anonymous access post migration. Anonymous access means that the data will be available to the public and searchable online. You can choose whether or not to grant public access before the migration.

To review affected projects, dashboards, and filters, you can download the .csv file.

Enable the insights button on Next-Gen boards

ROLLING OUT

Premium plan customers, look out for Insights on your board and backlog. This new, data-driven feature helps you adapt existing processes, drive better outcomes, and plan with confidence.

It’s really fresh and the team behind it's eager for feedback. Get in there, give it a go, and share your experience. It honestly changes things.

Learn more about insights in next-gen projects.

Date range filter for your deployments

ROLLING OUT

Are you concerned about past deployments and wish there was an option to extract and view data for a specific timeframe? Go to Deployments view and click the Calendar icon to make it possible. Use the power of date range filter, now.

Get insights into your cycle time for deployments

ROLLING OUT

Do you struggle with the latest information on how much time you take work to get from branch to production? Here you go with an advanced Insights panel inside your Deployments view. Get a thorough understanding of the Cycle time in the palm of your hand. Learn how to make the best use of the Insights panel.

Jira Service Management

Jira Service Desk is now Jira Service Management! We’re in the process of rolling out some exciting new features for all users. Learn more about these new features.

Knowledge base settings refresh

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The Knowledge base settings page has been updated - we’ve made some layout adjustments to refresh the page. Go to Project settings > Knowledge base to check it out.

Request approval from approvers associated with a service

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When configuring approvals for a workflow in the new IT service management template, admins can now allow approvers associated with a service to flag, review, and approve changes to reduce the risk of impacting service quality. Learn how to request approval from approvers associated with a service.

Get started quicker with the 'Quickstart' panel

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Knowing what to do first when you create a new kind of project can be tricky. That’s why we’ve introduced the Quickstart panel - a handy side panel filled with easy-to-follow steps and links to documentation to get you up and running as quickly as possible.

If you’d rather look at it later, then simply select Close Quickstart at the bottom of panel - you can always open it back up through your Settings (cog) in the top right.

Welcome tour for Jira Service Management

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Admins will be greeted with an optional welcome tour the first time they enter Jira Service Management or create a new IT service management template. Let us show you what to look out for!

Set up a custom Microsoft email address using OAuth

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If you’re a Jira site admin, you can now add a custom Microsoft email account using OAuth instead of an application-specific password. Learn how to add a custom email account.

Make changes to multiple linked spaces at once

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Save time and work more efficiently by making changes to multiple linked spaces at once. You can now select multiple spaces and unlink them or change who can view them by going to Project settings > Knowledge base.

Learn more about linking multiple spaces to your service project.

Confluence

A simpler way to create content

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Create a new page with just one click. Browse or search for templates right in the editor or get straight to work on a blank page.

Find the right page by seeing more info at a glance

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Trying to find a specific page is hard when you remember some things about it but you don’t remember what it’s called. Searching for it might seem challenging. What if you could see the pages in your space differently?

Select Pages in your space sidebar to get a quick, high-level view of the freshest pages in the space with enough info about the pages to help you find the right one — like who created it, when it was updated last, and a snippet of the first few lines on the page. If you don’t see what you need initially, you can do some filtering and sorting to really hone in on the right pages.

Delete pages and blogs with confidence

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Since deleting pages and blogs is an important decision, the experience has been updated to help you feel more confident. You’ll get more specific information about what will happen to the children of the page being deleted. A link to our product documentation was added to let you dig deeper into the details of the behavior. If your site provides the ability to archive pages, you’ll be presented with the opportunity to archive instead.

Modernized move page dialog

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Moving your published pages and blogs is an important decision. To help you feel more confident when doing this, the experience has been simplified and updated. A link to our product documentation was also added to support you in digging deeper into the details of the behavior.

Bitbucket

Automatically merge a pull request when all checks pass

Sometimes it can take a while to get all the builds and reviews required by pull request (PR) merge checks, so the PR author has to keep checking back to ensure all the checks pass in order to merge their changes. Now in the new pull request experience, the PR author or an admin can enable this feature to queue up a pending merge to be triggered automatically once all the merge checks have passed.

Bitbucket Pipelines Step Metrics

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Step metrics allows you to get visibility into your builds CPU and memory usage, and also provides you with memory usage warnings when your build is running. Learn more

Improvements & updates to Bitbucket webhooks

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Improvements

  • Extended webhook history - from 12 hours to 1 week
  • Improvements to the overall delivery of webhooks

End of support and feature removal

  • Webhooks that are larger than 256 KB will no longer be supported. This change may affect integrations that consume these webhooks.
  • The Resend request button has been removed.

Valid IP addresses for webhook delivery

To ensure Bitbucket webhooks are delivered successfully to the destination URLs you configured, add the IP address ranges we use for outgoing connections to the internet made on your behalf to your allow list. The exact list of IPs is in the Outgoing Connections section of the Atlassian cloud IP ranges and domains page.

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