JQL is also getting better, especially ever after the Jira 8.0 release. Now running JQL searches 33% faster than Jira 7.12 and almost entirely eliminating memory issues previously faced when making complex searches. Overview of Jira Query Language Interface. Under “Issues” in the dropdown menu, you can find the “Search for Issues” option. Jira workflow properties tricks and cheat sheet TechClimbs June 02, 2020 You can use work flow properties to put some restrictions on a cretin action/status or transition. View atlassian-jql-cheat-sheet-2.pdf from CS DD301 at BITS Pilani Goa. JQL Cheat Sheet A simple query in JQL (also known as a clause) consists of a field, followed by an operator, followed by one.
Atlassian’s JIRA lets you work smarter, instead of harder.
Enough for loving it, it also includes a wide range of keyboard shortcuts.
You can, for example, invoke shortcut actions to quickly switch between Issue Navigator and View Issue screens, create and edit issues, or add comments.
If, like me, you’re passionate about collaborating better and managing projects more easily, check out the graphic below.
It lists 16 JIRA keyboard shortcuts you need to remember to cut down on your clicks.
Bookmark it and practice as much as you can.
In no time, you’ll see productivity and focus skyrocketing inside of JIRA!
Jira – The Most Handy 16 Keyboard Shortcuts
A quick and easy reference to the most important keyboard shortcuts on JIRA.
Global operations | PC |
Go to Dashboard | g, then d |
Browse to Project | g, then p |
Find Issues | g, then i |
Create Issue | c |
Navigating Issues | PC |
View Selected Issue | o or Enter |
Next Issue | j |
Previous Issue | k |
Next Activity | n |
Previous Activity | p |
Search For Issues | u |
Switch Filter View | t |
Detail View Order By | y |
Issue Actions | PC |
Edit Issue | e |
Assign Issue | a |
Comment | m |
Assign To Yourself | i |
Note: The official Atlassian Documentation states that “You may not have permission to perform all the keyboard shortcut actions described on this page. This depends on how your JIRA administrator(s) have configured permissions for your user account.”. A thoughtful warning, more than a disclaimer, by the folks at Atlassian.
Moreover, while Global Keyboard Shortcuts are available from any JIRA screen, Issue Keyboard Shortcuts are available from JIRA’s “View Issue” and “Issue Navigator” screens only.
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Headings
To create a header, place 'hn. ' at the start of the line (where n can be a number from 1-6).
Notation | Comment |
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Bigger heading | |
Big heading | |
Normal heading | |
Small heading | |
Smallest heading |
Text Effects
Text effects are used to change the formatting of words and sentences.
Jira Syntax Cheat Sheet
Notation | Comment |
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Makes text strong. | |
Makes text emphasis.. | |
Makes text in citation. | |
Makes text as | |
Makes text as . | |
Makes text in superscript. | |
Makes text in subscript. | |
Makes text as monospaced. | |
To make an entire paragraph into a block quotation, place 'bq. ' before it. Example: Some block quoted text | |
Quote a block of text that's longer than one paragraph. Example: here is quotable | |
Changes the color of a block of text. Example: look ma, red text! |
Text Breaks
Most of the time, explicit paragraph breaks are not required - The wiki renderer will be able to paginate your paragraphs properly.
Notation | Comment |
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Produces a new paragraph | |
Creates a line break. Not often needed, most of the time the wiki renderer will guess new lines for you appropriately. | |
Creates a horizontal ruler. | |
Produces — symbol. | |
Produces – symbol. |
Links
Learning how to create links quickly is important.
Notation | Comment |
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Creates an internal hyperlink to the specified anchor or attachment. Appending the '#' sign followed by an anchor name will lead into a specific bookmarked point of the desired page. Having the '^' followed by the name of an attachment will lead into a link to the attachment of the current issue. | |
Creates a link to an external resource, special characters that come after the URL and are not part of it must be separated with a space. The [] around external links are optional in the case you do not want to use any alias for the link. Examples: http://jira.atlassian.com | |
Creates a link to an email address, complete with mail icon. Example: | |
Creates a download link to a file on your computer or on a network share that you have mapped to a drive. To access the file, you must right click on the link and choose 'Save Target As'. By default, this only works on Internet Explorer but can also be enabled in Firefox (see docs). | |
Creates a bookmark anchor inside the page. You can then create links directly to that anchor. So the link [My Page#here] will link to wherever in 'My Page' there is an {anchor:here} macro, and the link [#there] will link to wherever in the current page there is an {anchor:there} macro. | |
Creates a link to the user profile page of a particular user, with a user icon and the user's full name. |
Lists
Lists allow you to present information as a series of ordered items.
Jira Jql Cheat Sheets
Notation | Comment |
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A bulleted list (must be in first column). Use more (**) for deeper indentations. Example:
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A list item (with -), several lines create a single list. Example:
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A numbered list (must be in first column). Use more (##, ###) for deeper indentations. Example:
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You can even go with any kind of mixed nested lists Example:
Example:
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Images
Images can be embedded into a wiki renderable field from attached files or remote sources.
Notation | Comment |
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Inserts an image into the page. If a fully qualified URL is given the image will be displayed from the remote source, otherwise an attached image file is displayed. | |
Insert a thumbnail of the image into the page (only works with images that are attached to the page). | |
For any image, you can also specify attributes of the image tag as a comma separated list of name=value pairs like so. |
Attachments
Some attachments of a specific type can be embedded into a wiki renderable field from attached files.
Notation | Comment |
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Embeds an object in a page, taking in a comma-separated of properties. Default supported formats:
Other types of files can be used, but may require the specification of the 'classid', 'codebase' and 'pluginspage' properties in order to be recognised by web browsers. Common properties are:
Due to security issues, files located on remote servers are not permitted Styling |
Tables
Tables allow you to organise content in a rows and columns, with a header row if required.
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Makes a table. Use double bars for a table heading row. The code given here produces a table that looks like:
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Advanced Formatting
More advanced text formatting.
Notation | Comment |
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Makes a preformatted block of text with no syntax highlighting. All the optional parameters of {panel} macro are valid for {noformat} too.
Example: | |
Embraces a block of text within a fully customizable panel. The optional parameters you can define are the following ones:
Example: a block of text surrounded with a panel yet another line | |
Makes a preformatted block of code with syntax highlighting. All the optional parameters of {panel} macro are valid for {code} too. The default language is Java but you can specify others too, including ActionScript, Ada, AppleScript, bash, C, C#, C++, CSS, Erlang, Go, Groovy, Haskell, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, Lua, Nyan, Objc, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Scala, SQL, Swift, VisualBasic, XML and YAML. Example: |
Misc
Various other syntax highlighting capabilities.
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, etc | Graphical emoticons (smileys).
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