Trigger actions on release day with N days set to 0. 🚀

The rule trigger ‘Schedule before N number of days of a release’ now lets you trigger actions on release day. Just set 'before days’ to '0'.

New Daily Standup Report template for better team tracking! 🚀📊

We’ve introduced a new template in the gallery for Daily Standup Reports, designed to enhance team status tracking. This template organizes your team’s progress by displaying issues assigned to each member in To-Do, Doing, and Done categories. For each issue, the report shows the issue key and summary, providing a concise snapshot of the team’s workload and progress during a sprint.

This feature helps you easily monitor tasks and manage team performance more effectively. The layout is clean and sequential, ensuring that all essential information is accessible at a glance, making your daily standups more efficient.

📧 New Email Templates: Release, Version, Sprint, and Support Reports 🚀

We are introducing these four Email templates in the template gallery

• Release planning report
• Version workload report
• Sprint review report
• Weekly customer support report

Customize ARNR Calendar titles and see project legends! 🗓️✨

You can now customize the title of your ARNR Calendar gadget for better organization on your dashboards. A new "Name" field has been added, allowing you to set a unique title that reflects the specific projects within the gadget.

Additionally, we've added project legends directly on the calendar. The project key will now appear on each release strip, making it easy to identify which project corresponds to which color. These updates improve usability across all dashboard layouts.

Enhanced bar chart customization with series colors, titles, and labels 🎨📊

This update enhances user control over bar chart presentation by introducing several customization options:

1. Improved Customization: Users can now adjust series colors, titles, label positions, and grid lines to better match their data visualization needs and aesthetic preferences.
2. Dynamic Chart Titles: Users can include or exclude a chart title dynamically, providing flexibility in how charts are presented and making reports more informative and aligned with the content.
3. Enhanced Clarity: Options for customizing X-axis and Y-axis titles and label formats improve the readability and relevance of the chart, making it easier for users to interpret data at a glance.
4. Consistent Appearance: Existing charts maintain their current look unless explicitly updated, ensuring that past reports remain unchanged unless users decide to modify them.

Custom variable defaults now apply for automated triggers 🔄

Default values for custom variables are now applied when templates are triggered via automated rules. This update ensures that automated triggers (e.g., version release, scheduled at interval, etc.) use the default values for custom variables, aligning with manual trigger behavior. If a default value is empty, no value will be used.

Webhook enhancements now support POST requests and secure URL updates! 🔒

The ‘Webhook’ trigger just got better with these changes!

• Support for POST requests: Now, rule webhooks support POST requests, letting you add version, sprint, or custom variables within the request body. You can also view and copy the variable list in JSON format.
• Variable query parameters: GET requests still work, with variables dynamically added to the URL as query parameters.
• Ability to update webhook URL: Now, you can update the 'webhook' of a rule anytime with the 'Regenerate URL' action. Just click it to get a new, secure URL. Remember, once you regenerate, the old URL won't work anymore.
• Enhanced security: The new webhook URLs that get generated for a rule have enhanced security.

Fixed multiline fields in Slack templates for plain text. 🛠️

Fixed: Adding multiline fields in JQL section in Slack templates. Works great with plain text now, but rich text elements might not display perfectly due to Slack’s message builder limitations.

Direct JQL section edits without navigating main template code. ✨

The enhancement of editing capabilities for JQL section elements, such as the source code of sequential layout, title, description, table properties, and color picker for font colors, has been achieved. Previously, these features were inaccessible due to opening in a pop-up over the JQL section's own pop-up. Users were constrained to customize these settings by delving into the main template's source code, a challenging task for the average user. Now, users can directly customize these elements without the need to navigate through the main template's source code.

We gave the ARN app a fancy new name: ARNR! Why?

Hey there! Your favorite 'Automated release notes (ARN)' app just got a makeover! We've renamed it to 'Automated release notes & reports (ARNR)'. This means it's not just about release notes anymore. You can generate reports for all your Jira data. From monthly PDF work reports to daily Slack status updates and even quarterly review PowerPoint presentations - automate it all with your ARNR templates. Enjoy! 🎉

Added the 'Template gallery widget' on the dashboard 🎉

Check out the awesome new addition to our dashboard - the Template Gallery! Each time you visit the dashboard, you'll be greeted with a random template from our gallery. It's a great way to stay up-to-date with the latest templates. Keep exploring the gallery to make the most of our app!

Improved Table of Contents (TOC) feature in PDF templates 📑

We spruced up the Table of Contents (TOC) feature in PDF templates. Now you can create TOC with stylish bullet and leader styles. You can also create a two columns layout. Give it a try!

Add an "End page" to PDF templates in ARN 📄

You can now add a last page for PDF templates in ARN. Just like the ‘Title page’, the new “End page" setting in advanced settings allows you to add content, images, variables, and even a background image to the ending page of your PDF template.

New ARNR variable 'confluencePageId' added for Confluence page actions. 👍

You can now use the new ARNR variable - confluencePageId, just like the confluencePageURL variable. It gives you the 'Page Id' of a Confluence page created or updated using the confluence rule action.

Introducing ARN dashboard with some cool widgets to track app usage 📊

Introducing our awesome new ARN dashboard! Now you can effortlessly track your app usage with our new tab. We've included cool features like Top 5 templates, Top 5 rules, and Rule execution status in the last 90 days. Take a peek and let us know what else you want to monitor for your ARN app!

Introducing our new template gallery with ready-to-use reports 🎉

Hey folks, we're excited to announce the arrival of our brand new template gallery! It's got a bunch of ready-to-use templates like sprint review reports, release planning reports, and weekly customer support reports. We've even added some release note templates for Confluence and MS PowerPoint. And this is just the beginning, we'll be adding more reports in the coming months. Let us know if there are any specific reports you'd like to see. Stay tuned.

Rules tab improved with new columns, icons, and customization options. 💪

Now the rules tab looks and works even better! Three new columns have been added to the rule listing table to track more information about your templates.

• Last used: Displays the date of its last execution,
• Actions: Shows list of actions added to the rule.
• Last modified date: Indicates the date of its last update.
• Last modified by: Shows the user who last modified the rule.
• Enable: Now, you can enable or disable a rule from the rule listing itself.

You can also select which columns to display from the column selector, and the rule trigger and actions are now shown as icons.

Templates tab improved with new columns, icons, and customization options. 💪

Now the templates tab looks and works even better! Three new columns have been added to the template listing table to track more information about your templates.

• Last used: Displays the date of its last use,
• Used in: Shows how many rule actions it has been utilized in,
• Last modified date: Indicates the date of its last update.

You can also select which columns to display from column selector, and the template type and level are now shown as icons.

View all template types in one place when creating new templates - 📋

Check out all the template types in one place when creating a new template. It's super easy to see what options are available and keep track of any new types that have been added.

Bug fixed where email actions with large file names got stuck 🐛

There was a bug where email actions that have attachments with ‘large’ file names would get stuck within the ‘In-progress’ status. It has been fixed now.

Fix for image display issue in Confluence pages 🛠️

In case of 'Publish to confluence (with new editor)' rule action, there were specific scenarios in which the images from wiki-styled multiline field were not displayed correctly in the output confluence page. We have fixed the potential root causes of this issue in this release.

Fixed the Team field issue in JQL section. ✅

Fixed the issue where the Team field in JQL section wasn't working right. Now it’s all good!

Global templates are now viewable without ARN access! ✅

Fixed! Now everyone can view and preview global templates, even without ARN access in the parent project of that global template.

Fixed email rule bug, now messages reach issue users. ✅

Fixed a bug where email rules weren't sending messages to issue users.

[ARN free app] System upgrade complete, now Java 17 compatible! 🚀

Introducing a major system upgrade, now fully compatible with Java 17. This aligns our backend tech with current standards and enables faster enhancements for upcoming releases.

Introducing 'AI generator' macro for ARN templates! ✨

Introducing the 'AI generator' macro for ARN templates! Let the AI do its thing with your prompts, JQL, and Jira fields to generate a summary of all your changes. Impress your team with fancy release notes and get creative with customizable prompts. Let the magic begin!

Bug fixed: custom variable values now replace in templates. 🐞

There was a bug where values of custom variables were not getting replaced within templates when a rule is triggerred. This has been resolved now.

Resolved inconsistent spacing in JQL section macro output with group-by field. 🛠

We've resolved an issue related to inconsistent spacing in the output of a single-line field from the JQL section macro, particularly noticeable when a group-by field is utilized in the JQL section configuration.

Choose the starting day of the week for your ARN calendar 🗓️

You can now choose which day of the week you want your calendar to start on in Jira. Just go to the calendar tab or the ARN calendar gadget, and select either Monday or Sunday from the provided options.

Default values for custom variables in JQL validations and previews. 💡

Now you can set a default value for custom variables. This value will be used for JQL validations and shown on template and rule preview screens. This means you can use custom variables with default Jira fields (like issue key and components) in your JQLs. And guess what? The default values even show up on the template and rule preview screens. So if you're using the same values over and over, just set them as defaults and save yourself some time.

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Bug fixed: Users can now add new options to 'Single select' custom variables. 👍

Users were not able to add new options to the existing ‘Single select’ type of custom variables. We have now fixed this issue.

The 'Integrations' tab error in ARN's App configurations screen has been resolved. 🛠️

Some users encountered an error when trying to access the 'Integrations' tab within the App configurations screen of ARN. This issue hindered them from viewing or modifying integration settings. However, it has now been resolved.

Rule action logs- Security issue fixes 🔐

We have worked on some security enhancements associated with rule action logs.

Markdown templates- Security issue fixes 🔐

We have worked on some security enhancements associated with markdown templates.