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General Information

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Environment

Server & Datacenter

Price

Free

Paid

Goal

Set the Template in the Description ( use the buttons "Set Desc" and "Save") for repetitive tasks. You have until

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4 templates to save.

Now also Description Templates by Project and IssueType with no Jira Admin intervention required


Description

With the installation of this app, you your Jira users will be able to Manage manage until 4 Description Templates custom description templates in your Jira Cloud instance. Very useful for repetitive tasks creation.

The user description templates are stored and processed in browser cookies inside the Browser. Just install and ready to use it. Plug & Play.

IMPORTANT NEWS!! Now with Comment Templates too!

NOTE: The issue will be created always in full screen.Since 2023 the Jira users can configure Description Templates by Project and IssueTypes with no Jira Admin intervention!!

And soon they will be able to configure Comment Templates!

See this video for more info:

https://youtu.be/A1fs_eMk33w

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Install addon

Follow the classic way to install using the Find new apps, as shown below

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in your Jira instance (by your Jira Admin)

General Configuration

No General Configuration is needed. Just use it 😃 plug’n’play!

Usage

Just create a new issue and as shown in following GIF:

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The Jira Admin can go to "Manage Apps" → "Global configuration: Description Templates"

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And enable/disable the plugin features (Templates by project & Issuetype, and toolbars in description and comment fields in Issues)

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Usage

Create a new issue with the usual standard button of Jira “Create” (or from board backlogs with description mandatory).

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a specific text is added and we can use it.

Comment Template available

After description, it’s now available 4 different template for comments

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Subtasks

This addon is available with subtasks, as described in following GIF

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NOTE: Exist a problem in some Jira versions that when you open “Create a Sub-task” in a new window or tab in the browser, the WYSWYG editor /visual editor in Jira is disappears. We hope Atlassian can solve it in the new versions of Jira Server.

Release Notes

. In this sample, We have stored different templates.

Usage: Description Templates by Project and IssueType

Since January 2023, we have released a new powerful feature! Templates by Project with no Jira Admin intervention!!

Just create a ticket in your project with summary “TEMPLATE:IssueTypeName”, ex: “TEMPLATE:Bug” and the system will use the description of the ticket for the next created Bugs. You can also define a “TEMPLATE:Default” summary to apply to the rest of IssueTypes.

Is plug’n’play!

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See this video for more info:

https://youtu.be/A1fs_eMk33w

Listing Description Templates within Projects (Only available in Jira Datacenter)

Now with a new Template viewer section within Project overview (named Description templates)

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Comment Templates in Jira Issues

Store and reuse until 4 comment templates by user

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Release Notes

  • 06-Jan-2023 Now is a paid add-on with official support

  • 06-feb-2023 

    - Now with a new Template viewer section within Project overview (named Description Templates)

    - Store and reuse until 4 comment templates by user

    - Released new feature Templates by Project with no Jira Admin intervention!! Just create a ticket in your project with summary "TEMPLATE:IssueTypeName", ex: "TEMPLATE:Bug" and the system will use the description of the ticket for the next created Bugs. You can also define a "TEMPLATE:Default" summary to apply to the other IssueTypes.