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The GreenHopper Released Board gives you access to charts and release notes for the released versions of your projects.

On this page:

Screenshot 1: GreenHopper Released Board (click to view larger image)

Viewing Charts for your Released Versions

To view the charts for released versions,

  1. Log into JIRA.
  2. Click the 'Agile' menu in the top navigation bar and select 'Released Board' from the dropdown that displays. The 'Released Board' will display.
  3. Select your project from the project dropdown in the top left of the Released Board.
  4. Select your version from the version dropdown in the top left of the Released Board.
    • The selected version will be shown in a yellow box in the right-hand column of the Released Board (see screenshot 1 above. Note that, in the right-hand column, a released version is shown in a box with an unbroken outline, while an unreleased version is shown in a box with a dotted outline.
  5. Select your desired chart from the charts dropdown in the top left of the Released Board. Choose from:
    • 'Burndown Chart'
    • 'Hour Burndown Chart'
    • 'Issue Burndown Chart'
    • 'Burnup Chart'
    • 'Value Chart'
  6. The Released Board will refresh and display the chart specified (see screenshot 2 below).
    • To view the chart in full-screen (i.e. without the JIRA header displayed), click the 'Views' drop-down menu at the top of the page (see screenshot 1 above) and select 'Full Screen'.
    • To view the chart centred on the screen (i.e. without the right-hand column displayed), click the icon at the top of the right-hand column of the page (see screenshot 1 above).
    • To print the chart, select 'Print Chart' from the drop-down menu that appears in the right-hand column of the page when you hover over the yellow box for the selected version (see screenshot 1 above).

Screenshot 2: Released Board — Chart

How are the charts generated?

  • For versions released in GreenHopper 5.0 or later, charts are generated dynamically.
  • For versions released in GreenHopper prior to 5.0, charts are based on the static data that was previously generated and stored on the filesystem.

Viewing Release Notes for your Released Versions

GreenHopper incorporates a release notes generator that allows you to customise the fields displayed on the release notes. You can generate release notes in either HTML or text format. HTML release notes include a URL that you can publicise. Text release notes are generated in plain text and can be included in any text documents.

To view the release notes for released versions,

  1. Select your project from the project dropdown in the top left of the Released Board.
  2. Select your version from the version dropdown in the top left of the Released Board.
    • The selected version will be shown in a yellow box in the right-hand column of the Released Board (see screenshot 1 above). Note that, in the right-hand column, a released version is shown in a box with an unbroken outline, while an unreleased version is shown in a box with a dotted outline.
  3. Select 'Release Notes' from the drop-down menu that appears in the right-hand column of the page when you hover over the yellow box for the selected version (see screenshot 1 above).
    • Release Notes are not available if your selected version is 'Project Overview' or an unreleased 'Parent' version.
  4. The Released Board will refresh and the release notes parameters will display as shown below (see screenshot 3). Configure the parameters as desired:
    • To add a field to the Release Notes, select a field from the drop-down list and click the 'Add' link.
    • To remove a field from the Release Notes, click the 'Remove' link next to the field name.
    • To include Sub-Tasks in the Release Notes, select the 'Include Sub-Tasks' check-box.
  5. When you have set up the parameters,
    • To view the Release Notes in HTML — click the 'Preview HTML' tab at the top of the page. The Release Notes will display in HTML format (see screenshot 4 below). The URL of this page can be re-used, if you want to share the link for these release notes.
    • To view the Release Notes in text — click the 'Preview Text' tab at the top of the page. The Release Notes will display in text format (see screenshot 5 below).

Screenshot 3: Released Board — Specifying your release notes

Screenshot 4: Released Board — Release Notes (HTML format)

Click the icon to create a permalink to the HTML Release Notes.

Screenshot 5: Released Board — Release Notes (Text format)



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