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Adding the Jira Snapshots Macro to a Confluence Page

  1. Navigate to the page and click the Edit icon, or just type E to open the editor. (Alternatively, you can create a new page.)

  2. In the Confluence editor, click the '+' icon and choose View more from the drop down menu.

  3. Find the item to be inserted and select it.

  4. Click Insert.

  5. Configure the macro and Save. Further down on this page you’ll find more information about configuration.

You can also type '/' (forward slash symbol) while editing the page, to bring up the same list you'd see by in the View more menu.

Publishing and Generating the First Snapshot

  1. Once the macro is configured, continue editing the rest of of the page, and click Publish when finished.

  2. After the page is published, click Update to generate the first snapshot.

Need to configure a multi-level snapshot? Refer to How to Configure a Multi-Level Jira Snapshots Macro

Parameters

Parameters are options that you can set to control the content or format of the macro output.

JQL is Jira Query Language. This is the native query language for Jira, and these macros use it directly when retrieving data from Jira.

New to JQL? We have put here Jira JQL cheat sheet some information to help you get started

Parameter name

Required

Default

Parameter description and accepted values

Level title

No

Empty

A title for this level will be displayed above the column titles.

Search JQL

Yes

-

Refer to Jira Snapshots Filtering: Jira JQL extended with page properties and metadata

Add fields to display

Yes

Key, Summary

The list of Jira fields to display.

Use the widget just below the field to drag and reorganize the order of the columns in the level.

(lightbulb) The list of available fields is specific to the Jira instance the snapshot is connected to. The list includes custom fields configured for this instance.


(lightbulb) If integration with 3rd party apps is configured, such as Xray Test Management, then the list of fields here will also include fields available via the integration.

Key Features

  1. Any legitimate JQL clause can be used to retrieve data from Jira.

  2. The list of columns is configurable.

  3. Retrieving fresh data from Jira into Confluence is done from Page View mode, by clicking Update.

  4. Each time fresh data is imported, a new Confluence page version is generated. This can be seen in the Page History view. 

  5. The DIFF tool enables you to compare the current Jira data with any previous snapshot. 

  6. A single Confluence page may include multiple instance of snapshot macros, each retrieving a different set of data.

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