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Jira Automation - Surely there's an easier way?
Hey community! Sorry - long-ish post incoming I'm currently attempting what should be an easy automation but is really stumping me. I have set up a rule that when bugs in a particular space are resolved, that a slack notification occurs to let out stakeholders know that a bug has been resolved. Where I'm struggling is, that we want to "@" tag them in slack which should be easy right? GPT mentions that I could use a lookup table (I've got over 60 slack IDs to add) but our Jira (premium cloud upgraded version) doesn't offer Lookup tables as an option ?! 🥲. So instead, it recommends we use a create variable option "Reported by: <@{{var.slackMap.[issue.reporter.displayName]}}>" I've done that in the following format: Trigger: Issue transitioned → Done ↓ Condition: Issue type = Bug ↓ Condition: Project = [space] ↓ Action: Create variable (slackMap) ↓ Action: Send Slack message I tested this with just one user/slack ID and it worked perfectly! However, when I added the full list of team members, it populated with this notification in slack: "DO-1234 has been resolved in the Customer Support project. Reported by: <@> View issue" so it's removed the "@" tag that was there when I tried with one example. GPT then said that Jira doesn't support <@{{var.slackMap.[issue.reporter.displayName]}}> (Sigh) My last option is the If/Else path, but not doing that for over 70 team members and it will be impossible to maintain! Any sanity checks/advice would be very much appreciated
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Lookup tables are an action you can use within the Automation rule. The easiest way is likely to map between something like the Jira account ID or display name and their corresponding Slack display name (if they differ). You can try using the email address, but I believe it can sometimes be hidden from Automation, depending on the user's profile privacy settings. Atlassian recently added a dynamic lookup table action where you could use something like a REST API request to pull that information from Slack and create the lookup table from that, but a manual table is probably an easier entry point if there's not too much change in who the users are.
Atlassian releases
This is the question especially to those, who are running big enterprise instances. With migration to cloud I was happy, thinking "Cool, now Atlassian will roll out all new features for me, so I don't need to perform upgrades". I remember @Josh Golosinskiy already complained on this topic in several posts here and on LinkedIn, still I didn't figure out the good approach for myself. What’s recommended strategy to follow on new features launched by Atlassian without our control ? One thing is when new Jira space report or new Confluence macro is being rolled out, of course, I want to know when it appears in my instance, but I can live with it. But when BIG feature like Rovo is enabled in my instance of 6K+ users I definitely want to know about it in advance :D
1 like • 9d
@Oresta Tymchyshyn to add what Alex and Josh have mentioned, if you're on premium or above, you can use release tracks to get those changes rolled into your sandbox environments first and delay the rollout to your production environment. The Enterprise tier can also defer the rollout of a change for at least 30 days, but I believe this is limited to one time. I've also found the following site helpful in bundling the changes up week to week: https://cloud-updates.released.so/
JSM: Appending to Request Participants via automation
I have an automation for JSM that needs to add internal request participants to a ticket once it's created (based on other logic we have setup), but retain the original request participants (often our client users). When I use "Edit request participants --> Copy from Work Item", the automation replaces the existing request participants instead of appending them. Thoughts on how I can achieve this?
JSM: Appending to Request Participants via automation
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@Alex Ortiz there are instances where a user can be a licensed JSM user (e.g. IT Service Desk agent) but not an agent on the specific JSM project (e.g. Facilities) where they may be a request participant. @Susan Waldrip - One thing to watch for that causes a lot of notification confusion with my clients is when a request participant has a JSM license and added as a watcher; at that moment, Jira doesn't consider them a customer/request participant but an agent, and they'll receive internal notifications instead
Best practices for home page setup?
Hi, everyone! Excited to be here! :) I’m currently working with a small nonprofit and have set up Confluence to: - Be a knowledge base - Document meeting notes - Capture project overviews & requirements As a wolf pack of one 🙃, I want to eventually add more of their users — they’d like to also have SOPs in this new space! — and I need to set up the home page to be a welcoming first stop for them. Any tips on structuring it for folks who are not familiar with Confluence, such as recommended sections? (I don’t have any apps installed yet.) Thank you in advance for any & all help! :)
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I haven't personally used it but a former client of mine did wonders with the Atlassian Marketplace app Karma
Atlassian housekeeping advice
What’s your advice on the best regular housekeeping tasks I should try to implement to tidy up Jira and Confluence on Atlassian Cloud to keep them running efficiently and avoid performance issues over time? Has anyone used the new Site Optimizer tools available in Jira? Personally I have found some of its recommendations a little unreliable and have been cautious about running them on our production site.
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I wouldn't trust the built-in site optimizer; I'm not sure of how it determines which custom fields to recommend for deletion, but I haven't found it reliable (yet) Housekeeping begins with good governance, meaning you'll always want to consider why you're adding a new custom field or status, rather than trying to reuse an existing one. Setting up reusable project schemes and templates, especially if you don't have many Jira administrators, will save you a lot of headache over the long term.
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