How to Encourage Non-Development Teams to Use JIRA and Confluence
Five killer hidden features in JIRA and Confluence
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Transcript of Five killer hidden features in JIRA and Confluence
For JIRA and Confluence admins
Christina BangAtlassian
Killer Hidden Features
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For JIRA and Confluence admins
Christina BangAtlassian
Killer Hidden Features
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• and why should you listen to me?
• 3 years at Atlassian
• ‘Sales Engineer’ means ‘answers technical questions’
• Never say ‘no’ without a ‘but...’
Who am I
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• Code stuff for both
• Confluence eye candy examples
• JIRA editing trick
• Takeaways
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Agenda
All links and examples
atlss.in/admintips
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Code Stuff
Tip 1: JavaScript small tweaks
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• Globally change fields
Tip 1: JavaScript small tweaks
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• Confluence: uncheck ‘border’ for image
Tip 1: JavaScript small tweaks
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• JIRA: Set ‘time zone’ custom field value
A note: JavaScript & Speakeasy
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• Those JavaScript examples
• Applied at admin level
• Global for all users on the instance
A note: JavaScript & Speakeasy
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• Those JavaScript examples
• Applied at admin level
• Global for all users on the instance
A note: JavaScript & Speakeasy
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• Speakeasy Extensions
• Can be JS, CSS, HTML
• Client-side
• Enabled per user, by the user
JavaScript & Speakeasy
• Yesterday: Cory von Wallenstein’s talk ‘Product Management 2.0’
Uses JavaScript for some of his Confluence tricks
• This morning: Don Brown’s talk on Speakeasy
All talks will be video on summit.atlassian.com
JavaScript & Speakeasy
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Tip 2: HTML in banner
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• JIRA & Confluence both have ‘announcement banner’
Tip 2: HTML in banner
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• JIRA & Confluence both have ‘announcement banner’
• Anything slick you want users to see
• Great for time-sensitive announcements
• Atlassian uses this on our own docs for planned downtime
Tip 2: HTML in banner
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• Highlight all kinds of info
• Tips and tricks for your users
Tip 2: HTML in banner
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• Cool trick for testing
• Easily save 10 or 15 minutes switching between users
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Tip 2: HTML in banner
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Tip 2: HTML in banner
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Tip 2: HTML in banner
• Same page login
• Beware: passwords in plain text!
• Name users as personas
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Tip 2: HTML in banner
#summit11
A more powerful admin experience thanks to
custom HTML and JavaScript.“ ”
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Tip 3: Eyes on the good stuff
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Tip 3: Eyes on the good stuff
• Content on Dashboard
• Site Welcome Message
• Dynamic, important content
• Using labels! ‘must-read’ label, ‘dashboard’ label, etc
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Tip 3: Eyes on the good stuff
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Tip 3: Eyes on the good stuff
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Tip 3: Eyes on the good stuff
‘Content by label’ macro
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Tip 3: Eyes on the good stuff
‘Content by label’ macro
• Default Content for a Space
• i.e. all personal spaces with blog posts macro
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Tip 4: Default space content
• Default Content for a Space
• i.e. all personal spaces with blog posts macro
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Tip 4: Default space content
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Tip 5: Power users spaces
• Skin a space with CSS
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Tip 5: Power users spaces
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Tip 5: Power users spaces
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Tip 5: Power users spaces
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Tip 5: Power users spaces
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Tip 5: Power users spaces
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Tip 5: Power users spaces
#summit11
Use label macros and space content to get eyes on
the important content in Confluence“ ”
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• Custom Workflow Transition
• Don’t have to see full ‘edit’ screen
• Dialogs came in 4.2
Tip 6: Simple edit dialog
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• Opens in a dialog
• Returns you to original step
• Useful when you edit a subset of fields often
• No page refresh
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Tip 6: Simple edit dialog
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Tip 6: Simple edit dialog
If you want to learn more
Ken Olofsen, Plan & Track: Instant Updates talk (next!)
#summit11
Create a custom workflow transition for things that
you edit all the time.“ ”
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• Use JavaScript and HTML
• Lots of ways to get Confluence eyes on the good stuff
• Use loop transitions for common, small edits
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In sum
• What are ones you know? Let’s share!
• Decompression chamber
• Twitter: #JIRATips, #ConfluenceTips
• Comment on resources page: atlss.in/admintips
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In sum
#JIRATips, #ConfluenceTips
atlss.in/admintips
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