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JIRA has been successfully upgraded to v4.2! This is a significant upgrade and problems may occur, please email the eihelp@ceh.ac.uk if you encounter any issues.

This note is to let you know that we are planning to upgrade the CEH installation of JIRA (Issue management software) to the latest version (4.2) on Tuesday, 30th November 2010. This update has to be done to keep our installation current, allowing us to continue to receive vendor support and ensure all necessary security patches are applied.

This will be

Warning

DRAFT!

CEH is currently planning an upgrade to the installation of JIRA to version 4.2 in November 2010. This is a significant upgrade that includes several major changes to the way Jira both looks and works. We are currently running v3.15 of Jira, meaning the new version will include features and fixes offered by all interim versions (4.0 & 4.1). Listed below are some links to the release notes of these changes and how they might affect you and your use of Jira.

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+4.0+Release+NotesImage Removed http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+4.1+Release+NotesImage Removed http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+4.2+Release+NotesImage Removed

Searching

  • Advanced searching now supports something called Jira Query Language (JQL) which allows greater control over how you find issues.

Dashboard

  • Gadgets

NEW - Industry standard OpenSocial Gadgets can be added to dashboards. Out of the box there are 29 different gadgets that can be added these include a variety of charts and reports.

For more info on using gadgets see: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GADGETS010/Gadgets+and+Dashboards+User+Guide

NEW - 'drag and drop' dashboards can be shared more easily

NEW - Improved User Interface design

  • NEW dropdown menus for Dashboards, Projects and Issues
  • NEW in 'issue browse screen' fast 'Create Issue' button
  • NEW Activity Stream tab which provides an audit trail of actions undertaken

NEW - Search function using JQL (JIRA Query Language) and utilising auto complete to help users to learn JQL quickly

NEW - Filters can be saved in gadgets on your dashboard(s)

NEW - New 'Views' dropdown which allows users to view a filter in a variety of ways for example the filter can be saved as a chart and saved to your dashboard

For a video overview please see:

all these versions. We would encourage you to read through these as they provide details of all the major things that will be changing once we upgrade.

Jira v4.0 Release Notes
Jira v4.1 Release Notes
Jira v4.2 Release Notes

Below are videos outlining some of the features available in the new versions.

JIRA v4.2

Widget Connector
urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ1yq9qfIA4

YouTube link

JIRA v4.1

Widget Connector
urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtLKfdSDYj4AwTiWHA_Tuc

YouTube link

JIRA v4.0

Widget Connector
urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtLKfdSDYj4

YouTube link

If you are interested in more details, Atlassian provide a full 40min webinar.

If you have any questions or comments about this upgrade, please don't hesitate to get in touch