February 2022

Wondering what will happen if you don't resolve your issue by due date?

#GetAnswers #DueDate

I have been playing with free Oracle servers and I think I have a plan of how to use them. What about you?

#Oracle #LiveStreaming #BackupServer

I have thousands of videos, blogs and scripts which I have organised nicely on my website. Let me show you how to find my content easily.

#Justtalk

Let me show you all the keyboards I use.

#keyboards

There is no feature in Jira natively to create cross project components and version, you will need to use an app or automation or script to do that.

#GetAnswers #ComponentSync #VersionSync

There is a way to bulk rename tags in org mode with a simple piece of code.

#orgmode #RenameTags

Code

Yes, custom fields can be used in workflow conditions, validators or post functions.

#GetAnswers #CustomFields #Workflows

Do you want to sync your Org mode tasks on your mobile phone as well? Orgzly can do that for you.

#orgzly

If you receive a similar error while starting your emacs then you can easily find out other packages using cl using simple piece of code. Let us learn how to do it today.

#orgmode #deprecated

Time tracking report in Jira projects has the option to export to Excel but what if you want CSV format?

#GetAnswers #TimeTracking #CSV

When using JQL to filter issues based on selected labels the output would be a list of issues but when you create a gadget using let us say two dimensional filter statistics then other labels would also show up in the table. To create a customised report you would need to use an app like eazyBI.

#GetAnswers #Labels

If you manage a project or a bit more complicated set of tasks in Org Mode then you might want to also create dependencies, I try to keep things simple by using hierarchies but there are ways to enforce dependencies as well.

#todo #dependencies

Surge.sh is a static site hosting platform that will give you a nice free way to deploy your static site with HTML/JS/CSS, I tried it 3 years ago. Today I did a revisit and it still looks good.

#Surge #FreeStaticSite #Hosting

Wondering why clicking on Jira logo doesn't take you to your dashboard view on Jira Cloud? Let us fix that.
#GetAnswers #JiraHomePage

Jira dashboard is an important place for Jira users, if you have been using Jira for a while now and especially on the server then you are used to clicking on the Jira logo on the top right corner of your instance to reach your dashboards which for some reason if not the default behaviour on Jira Cloud. Fortunately this can be changed.

Thinking of switching to Linux but not sure what apps you need? Let me share the list of my GUI and terminal based apps and utilities I use.

#mylinuxapps

Do you want to track the changes done to a field like priority or any other field? Let us check the possibilities.

#GetAnswers #TrackChanges

Do you want to create a report to visualise your hierarchy? It could be from your Advanced Roadmaps or just Jira Software Epics - Stories - Sub tasks with progress. It can be done easily.

#eazyBI #issuehierarchy

I recently signed up for oracle cloud account because they are offering free virtual machines. I tried creating 4 of them and they look good to me. I am not really sure if I will do anything production ready on these servers but may be for something side projects or learning linux :)

#freevps #oraclecloud

Are you trying to compare Jira Work Management and Trello. Not sure which one to use, well let me help you.

#GetAnswers #Jira #Trello

Doing things yourself is satisfying. If you have a colour printer then you should learn how to print your own passport size pics, so you won't have to run to a photographer or printing shop at the very last minute.

#gimp #passport #photos

Never seen such strong winds.

#stormeunice

Can you use Jira Work Management for recruitment? What if you want to track for candidate applications in Jira? What kind of reports you can generate? Let us take a look.

#GetAnswers #Recruitment

Do you want to start your career in Atlassian tools like Jira or Confluence but not sure where to start. Let us talk about various roles that you can target and most importantly a learning path to achieve those goals.

If you are facing problems with publishing a website using org mode then try deleting cache files from your .org-timestamps directory from your emacs home.

#orgtimestamps #orgcache

If you have limited hard disk space like me then understanding what directories and files consume the most space is very important. You just need one command to do that easily in Linux.

#linux #diskusage

Are you having trouble with email notifications in Jira, let me share some troubleshooting tips.

#GetAnswers #NotificationHelper

You can move tasks from one header to another or from one file to another file easily using refile. Org capture and refile are two amazing features to not only capture thoughts/ideas but later plan to work on them as well.

#Emacs #Refile

Having common page filters are great but what if you just want to create a report only on a subset. For instance only open bugs of Android project?

#eazyBI #Tuple #Subset

I have been trying to use org mode for contact management. It works really well and let me share how I use it.

#Emacs #ContactManagement

Today I was configuring one site on GitLab and I thought I will show you how to do it. GitLab is great for hosting static sites and you can also use your own domain with SSL.

#GitLab #FreeHosting

Wondering if a marketing agency can use Jira Software and Advanced Roadmaps to plan/track their work?

#GetAnswers #AdvancedRoadmaps

I was walking in the park today and thought of responding to some of your questions related to ScriptRunner, eazyBI reports from external data, Advanced Roadmaps, EasyAgile and Jira REST API.

#YourComments

Sometimes I create podcasts but I don't spend too much time creating it from scratch, I just convert my existing video to audio using a simple shell script. Let me explain it today.

#ffmpeg #convert

I publish a site using nothing but org mode but it is also possible to tell org mode to exclude certain files. Very convenient and must try it.

#Emacs #Exclude

How would you combine various priorities or statuses together so that your overall report shows only few of them? Well you can use Aggregate using MDX custom calculation.

#eazyBI #aggregate

Status colours are based on the status categories in Jira but I use Jira gadgets to list issues based on their statuses using gadget border colour.

#GetAnswers #Status

My computer's time was 2 minutes ahead of the actual time, so I fixed it by running "timedatectl set-ntp true"

#linux #arch #timedatectl

Create wonderful web presentations with org-reveal, it is really simple and a must try for anyone trying to creating good looking slides.

#Emacs #Orgreveal

org-reveal github

Native Jira reporting capabilities are not bad at all. You can create lot of wonderful reports, two dimensional filter statistics is one of my all time favourite gadget to analyse data.

#GetAnswers #JiraReports

Today let us take a look at Custom charts for Jira, which is an app for creating wonderful reports in Jira.

#AppReview #CustomCharts #OldStreetSolutions

I bought an de-icer from Poundland for £1, let us see if it worked and should you buy one.

#poundland #deicer

If you are using 5 apps for doing Jira automations then you really don't need 4 of them :)

#GetAnswers #ScriptRunner

I use ffmpeg to generate youtube thumbnails but I recently made improvement to my script to automatically scale and crop the images to 1280x720 for YouTube.

#ffmpeg #scale #crop

Update: YouTube membership was a bit limited in functionality so I turned it off, I will move it to my own site and will update the details on how to join here.

I am enabling channel membership. You will get loyalty badges, emojis, priority reply to comments but the main thing I want to give you is free books. Active members will get all books published after Feb 2022 for free (pdf version).

#JiraMaster

Click here to become Jira master

Proper way of creating an issue from external system is to use Jira REST API not by passing arguments in the url.

#GetAnswers #CreateIssue

When writing a big document you may want to include the contents from another org file. This can be done very easily using #+INCLUDE: "/path/to/file.org"

#Emacs #Include

I noticed that I know have ProForma app on my Jira Cloud. Do you have it too? Give it a try, it is a nice app for creating wonderful forms.

#AtlassianUpdates #ProForma

Table of contents makes navigating the document really useful but if you want to start your ToC from a new page you can do that in Org Mode by inserting a custom page break or clearpage. Let me show you how.

#Emacs #LaTex

Do you want to create a repository of issues with estimates and other custom fields that can be recreated in Jira? Let me share few ways of doing it.

#GetAnswers #IssueRepository

We all have resumes or CV, keeping it up to date can be a challenge. I manage mine using org mode which can be exported in LaTex, PDF, HTML, ODT and DOCX easily.

#Emacs #LaTex

What are your options if your sales or non technical teams finds advanced roadmaps to advanced?

#GetAnswers #Roadmaps

PlantUML is a wonderful way to create process diagrams, flowcharts and similar diagrams using just code. Great thing is that it works really well with Org Mode as well. Let me show you how to get started and create couple of simple diagrams.

#Emacs #PlantUML #OrgMode

You can generate wonderful image slideshow using ffmpeg with some awesome fade and crossfade effects.

#ffmpeg #crossfade #slideshow

Script

You can directly query your Jira database on server/data center to fetch usage reports.

#GetAnswers #JiraDatabase #UsageReports

SQL queries based on last login

Useful SQL queries

If you want a bird eye view of your project then Suri, app from Jexo can be really useful. It provides a simple report with an option to manage RAG project status as well.

#AppReview #Suri #Jexo

If you can't find the field you want to update in the dropdown then you can use additional fields option and provide valid JSON to update the fields.

#Automation #AdditionalFields #JSON

Do you want to recursively include all the org files from a specific directory in your org agenda?

#Emacs #orgagenda

You can use automation scheduler to trigger a script using listener.

#Automation #ScheduledJob #Script

Want to keep a script running on the server even after you log off? Use screen. Let me give you a crash course on how to use it.

#screen #tmux

Learn Screen