September 2021

Do you want to migrate issues from Jira Software to Jira Service Management?

#JiraSoftware #JiraServiceManagement #Backlog #Queue

Do you want to create an audit report to get the list of all the project roles, users or permissions? Possible.

#ScriptRunner #AuditReport #ProjectRoles #Users

I am getting back into desktops. Today I bought HP Prodesk G2 600 for only £70. It has 4GB DDR4 RAM with 500GB HDD. CPU is i5-6500 3.2GHz and HD Graphics 530. Really happy with the purchase. Now I will upgrade it and do something useful with it.

#BudgetPCBuild #HP #Prodesk #G2600

There are apps that will let you do planning poker in Jira but honestly you don't really need an app, you can use simple cards and do it over zoom as well.

#Agile #PlanningPoker #EstimationTechnique

This question was asked on the community and I though of making a video on this topic to clarify.

#Agile #Epic #Story #JiraSoftware

I often create pdf from scanned images using convert command which is wonderful utility. Let me show you how it works. It is very simple.

#convert #imagemagick #pdf #images

There has been a problem with creating and editing pages on Confluence Cloud today. Good thing is we know that Atlassian has acknowledged it on their statuspage.

#ConfluenceOutage #statuspage

https://confluence.status.atlassian.com/

Project is not a field in Jira that you can just modify to move the issue to another project. You have to properly use the move feature.

#Automation #MoveIssue #EditProject

Wondering how you can create forms and sub forms in Jira, especially for approval system?

#GetAnswers #Forms #Approval #JiraServiceManagement

Do you want to visualise your issue's relationships or hierarchies? There are various options.

#GetAnswers #Visualise #Hierarchy #eazyBI #AdvancedRoadmaps #Structure

Yes you can do project management using Jira.

#GetAnswers #ProjectManagement

Jira already has a date field which you should use to capture the dates in proper format but in case you are using a text field for some really good reason even then you can validate the format using apps like #JMWE or #ScriptRunner

#GetAnswers #DateFormat #TextField

Once you delete an issue then it is gone for ever however in case you do need to delete issues or old projects then take backups or export issues outside Jira.

#GetAnswers #DeleteIssues #Backup

You can always use your own custom fields to capture planned dates in case you want to baseline your project or plan.

#Baseline #AdvancedRoadmaps #PlannedDates

Many people reach out to me and ask for the #Emacs configurations to publish a website. Although I have shared it earlier again but let me share it again.

#orgmode #publish #website

https://ravi.pro/blog/blogging-with-emacs-org-mode.html
https://www.ravisagar.in/videos/publish-website-org-mode-and-host-it-fr…

I picked some apples from a roadside tree today. The apples were a bit small but can't complain much because they were free :)

#AppleTree

During summer time there are usually lot of spiders in the house. I did some research of my own to find more about them. Everywhere it says that spiders in UK are not dangerous to humans, infact they eat insects but they definitely look dangerous.

#Spiders #UKSpiders

Struggling to find the installer for Bitbucket? Let me help you.

#GetAnswers #Bitbucket #Installer #UpgradePath

https://www.atlassian.com/software/bitbucket/download-archives
https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/bitbucket-server-upgra…

I have had a personal sites for more than 20 years and today I was feeling a bit nostalgic so I used archive.org to look at my old sites.

#WayBackMachine

Using Jira macro you can display issues in a Confluence and also create reports but using that macro you can also display custom fields on your page. Very convenient and useful.

#GetAnswers #JiraMacro #Confluence

Let me share with you today how I have been managing my files, how I take backups and how I sync my files across various computers.

#OwnYourFiles

https://ravi.pro/blog/own-your-files.html

Automation rules can send scheduled emails based on JQL but sending one consolidated email can be a bit difficult, you will have to parse list of issues using smart values and in those cases filter subscriptions can do the job.

#GetAnswers #FilterSubscriptions

Usually people want to copy custom field values from parent to child but you can also do the reverse using ScriptRunner for Jira.

#ScriptRunner #ScriptPostFunction #Listener

Want to create your own issue type and want it to behave like Epic?

#GetAnswers #EnalerEpic #SAFe #Agile

Want to create Jira issues from Google Sheets? Yeah possible using Google Apps Script.

#JiraRESTAPI #GoogleSheets #GoogleAppsScript

https://developers.google.com/apps-script
https://www.ravisagar.in/videos/create-google-tasks-jira-using-zapier

When dealing with parsing JQL I always try to use filters instead of entire query to avoid escaping spaces. Much more convenient and easy to use.

#ScriptRunner #Filter #JQL

I discovered Taeppa's Mound recently which is very near Taplow high street. This site is of national importance because it is a 7th century Anglo-Saxon Burial mound.

#TaeppasMound #TaplowCourt #AngloSaxonBurial

There are multiple issue events in Automation rules that can be used as well.

#Automation #MultipleEvents #Triggers

I went to office after 1.5 years. It was a weird feeling but felt really good.

#London #GranarySquare

There is an option in the rule details to allow other rule actions to trigger a rule. This can be useful for doing cascade changes but we have to use it carefully.

#Automation #MultipleEvents #Triggers

Are you moving issues all the time? Have you considered using linked issues instead. Also you can use #JiraAutomation to transfer information to linked issues.

#GetAnswers #LinkedIssues #MovingIssues

https://www.ravisagar.in/videos/jira-cloud-automation-let-us-add-commen…

You cannot use Automation rules to create prefilled templates. To give instructions to your users use field configuration.

#GetAnswers #fieldconfiguration

Automation rules are great and there are some limitations that will stop you from using them. Let us talk about some alternatives.

#Automation #ScriptRunner #Limitations

Tracking time you spend on various activities is super useful and Org mode lets you do that super easily.

#orgmode #emacs #clocktime

https://ravi.pro/blog/blogging-with-emacs-org-mode.html

Let us discuss the possibilities around integrating Jira with a database.

#JiraRESTAPI #MSSQL #Database

Jira Cloud REST API: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/

Jira Server REST API: https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/8.9.0/

I was trying to explore if we can interact with Advanced Roadmap using either REST API or Java API.

#RESTAPI #AdvancedRoadmaps #JAVAAPI

https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/integrating-with-p…

Do you want to send customised email to people with file attachments? Do you also want to export Jira issues data in a file and send it? Possible with ScriptRunner :)

#ScriptRunner #CustomEmail #Attachments

I went for a morning walk to Lynch Hill Valley and Ancient Woodland.

#WalkingTour #LynchHill #CockSherdWood

Recently I started using emacs UI instead and was not sure the best way to zoom in and zoom out using keyboard bindings. Although there are commands but there is a default keybindings that you can use.

text-scale-increase
text-scale-decrease

#emacs #zoomin #zoomout

https://ravi.pro/blog/blogging-with-emacs-org-mode.html

Wondering how to get started with roadmaps in Jira? You can either create a project specific inbuilt roadmap or use Jira Cloud premium and try Advcanced Roadmaps.

#GetStarted #AdvancedRoadmaps

If you are using Jira Service Management, Jira Business and Jira Software projects then there is a very simple way to find issues based on project types using JQL.

#GetAnswers #projecttype

Let me share how I use Org Mode to learn a new technology. Recently I started learning Grafana and make all my notes in org files.

#orgmode #emacs #grafana

You can use a scheduler in Jira Cloud Automations to create sub tasks automatically based on a date field.

#Automation #Scheduler

I save lot of time by using ffmpeg. It lets me do things quickly without errors.

#ffmpeg #tutorials #videoediting

ffmpeg videos