I received a question this month, asking how to link from JIRA to a Confluence page. I've been thinking about doing exactly this, so that we can keep Specification documents in Confluence, and then link to them from a JIRA issue. Here's what I found.
Looking through the Atlassian documentation, I discovered a plugin called the JIRA Linker, which lets you create a custom field and a Search button, so that you can search for a Confluence page and link to it.
[Confluence 3.5, JIRA 4.3]
1. Do...
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Integrating Confluence and JIRA (part 2)
Last time, I left off at the point of displaying JIRA issues on a Confluence page. I'd found a way to insert single issues.
But I want to display a list of all the issues going into the release. The Atlassian documentation says to use the JIRA Issues macro, so that's what I'll try.
[Confluence 3.5, JIRA 4.3]
1. Create a search in JIRA for the issues you want to display
In JIRA, click Issues to open the Issues Navigator.
On the Summary tab, click Create new.
In the panel, select yo...
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Integrating Confluence and JIRA
Since our team is moving to JIRA for tracking bugs and enhancements, and we're creating a new customer portal, possibly using Confluence, I've been thinking about ways to make our process for release notes smoother and more efficient.
Currently, we write up Word documents for each issue, and then compile the documents into a single document once we know which features are being added to the release. It's a process that's cumbersome and prone to error.
Instead, I'd like the team to document...
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