JIRA 6.3 EAP 6 (m06-1) Release Notes
Key Features
Small changes to JIRA admin screens
We've made some minor changes to the location of some of the JIRA administration features. The functionality of the features hasn't changed, but we believe their new location will make them more intuitive to find. The following features have been moved from the User management tab to new areas in the administration pages:
Feature | Now located in |
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Roles administration console | System tab in a new "Security" section |
Global permissions administration console | System tab in a new "Security" section |
Default user preferences administration console | System tab in the "User interface" section |
Shared filters administration console | System tab in a new "User-created assets" section |
Shared dashboards administration console | System tab in a new "User-created assets" section |
GitHub Importer release
We've now officially released the GitHub importer, and have ensured that it's compatible with JIRA 6.1 onwards. The GitHub importer will allow you to connect to your GitHub account, regardless of whether it's a private or enterprise account, and import any public, private or starred repository configurations into JIRA. You can map the GitHub labels to issue types, resolutions or keep them as JIRA labels. The import process will provide you with a detailed log of your import, so that you can troubleshoot any issues, and also supports importing attachments.
New Audit Log features
We first introduced the audit log in JIRA late last year. In this upgrade, we've added some new features to the audit log:
- When a role is removed (deleted) from JIRA, previously the audit log would log an event for every project that it was removed from. Now, the audit log will only log the event that the role has been removed from JIRA.
- We have given administrators the option to hide logged events from external user directories, such as LDAP and Crowd. These events are still recorded, and are still available for export and through the REST API.
Transition Permission
JIRA now has a new Transition Issues project permission that gives administrators more control over what users can do in JIRA. Users without this permission will not be able to transition issues (change the issue's status) in a project.
The ability to transition issues was previously controlled by the 'Browse Projects' project permission. However, after listening to feedback, we have changed the 'Browse Projects' permission so that it now allows users to browse issues, but not transition them.
The Create button
At Atlassian we're constantly working on creating an optimum user experience, and as such we also work on aligning our various products. We have changed the Create Issue button to simply Create. This brings us in line with Service Desk and Confluence, and also gives you a little more room on the top navigation bar!
Inline Version and Component creation for Project Administrators
Project administrators can now add versions and components from within the Fix Version/s, Affected Version/s and Component/s fields. Previously an administrator needed to add a version or component via the appropriate screen on the project's administration page. Now, you are able to create the version or component by typing it in the field and selecting it from the drop-down list. When you begin typing text that JIRA does not recognise as existing, it will add it to the bottom of the drop-down list and add (New Version) or (New Component).
Creating a new version 6.3.