WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira 9.7 release notes

23 July 2018

The Ricksoft team is proud to announce the release of Version 9.7 of WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira.

We have made plan management easier by adding a new function enabling you to display due dates in WBS and on a Gantt chart.

For job scheduler users

By upgrading to the version 9.7, WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira disables job scheduler unless you enabled legacy menu (project and filter) in the version you used. If you want to continue using job scheduler, enable Deprecated features after upgrading. See Improvements section below for the details.

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New function

Issue “Due date” shown in WBS column and displayed as a Gantt chart icon

We have added a function showing a due date icon in the Gantt chart when a value is input in the Jira issue Due date field.

We have also added a Due date column to the WBS screen as a standard so you can check deadlines this way as well. You can change issue due dates in WBS Gantt-Chart by dragging and dropping the deadline icon or by editing the value in the deadline column.

The addition of this function means the Due date additional column field in WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira is no longer needed and is now omitted.

If an additional Due date column has been added prior to updating to Version 9.7, two Due date columns will be displayed. Since the content is identical, we recommend that you delete the additional column.

Due date is now a stand-alone function so if a due date has been set in a start date/end date or baseline start date/end date field, we suggest you change the settings and use a separate field.

Date and Date/time cell formats can be modified by users for international use

The start date and end date shown in WBS, along with the format of the date and date/time fields, can be changed as users require.

Previously, dates were always shown in a pre-set format (e.g. 2018/12/31). From Version 9.7 onwards, you can use the date format in Date picker or Date Time picker, or you can choose from the pre-existing formats set in WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira.

When WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira 9.7 is installed, the Date picker and Date Time picker settings are used as the default for all users, regardless of whether the add-on is newly installed or updated. Users need to adjust their settings if they want to use the original format.

The set formats for Date picker and Date Time picker are "jira.date.picker.javascript.format" and "jira.date.time.picker.javascript" in the Jira Administrator system > General settings. See Atlassian documentation Changing the Due Date Input Format for more details about the settings for these formats.

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Ranges for quarterly periods (Q1 to Q4) can be set in line with a fiscal year

We have added a function so that when quarterly periods (Q1 to Q4) are shown in a Gantt chart, these can be set to start from any month you choose (according to the start month of your organization’s fiscal year).

For example, if the start month of the fiscal year is set to April, Q1 is the quarter from April to June, Q2 is the quarter from July to September, and so on.

Q1 to Q4 are displayed as Gantt chart headers with year shown above denoting the fiscal year in question. You can set the desired start month of the fiscal year from the View setting.

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Selecting numbered weeks as units in WBS Gantt-chart

We have added a function to enable you to select Week number as a display unit in a Gantt chart. If Week number units are used, the week numbers in the year are displayed as headers.

Week numbers are shown according to ISO 8601, the international standard for the notation of date and time.

A week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday
Week 1 is the first week of the fiscal year including January 4

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Improvements

Made it possible to disable legacy function (deprecated features) to simplify app functions and settings

In order to improve usability and to be consistent with the functions used in “Gantt” which was originally rolled out for Version 9.0 of WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira, the display of projects/filters in WBS Gantt-Chart using the settings configured by a Jira administrator is now designated as a deprecated feature and can be disabled.

When this function is disabled the following functions are no longer accessible:

Directly display Jira project in WBS Gantt-Chart
Directly display Jira filter in WBS Gantt-Chart

In addition, settings related to this function, along with the following functions that use these settings, cannot be used:

Schedule job
"View this issue in WBS Gantt-Chart" on the issue details screen
Create child issue menu on the issue details screen
Legacy Excel export

Because of this change, we have changed the configuration of the Jira administrator setting screen.

Along with this change, we have changed the initial configuration values that are automatically assigned when a Gantt is created.

Previously, the values set by the Jira administrator were copied over (the value of the settings of the legacy function from 9.7 onwards). From now on, the default values set by this add-on vendor Ricksoft are set as the initial values.

This deprecated feature is disabled by default when you newly install this add-on.

When Versions 9.0.0-9.6.0 are upgraded, the existing Enabled/Disabled settings in the compatible menu (project/filter) in the Jira administrator's configuration display are carried over.

"Create child issue" has been dropped from the Jira administrator's configuration screen. If you want to change settings, enable the deprecated features and edit the settings from the project manager screen for the project concerned.

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Edit in the user preferences is divided into "hierarchy relationship" and "dependency relationship"

Edit items are divided into "hierarchy relationship" and "dependency relationship" to make the menu easier to understand.

Simplifying the display operations of issue detail view

We have simplified how you display the issue details view and made this easier to operate.

From now on, you can only display the issue detail view by doing the following:

Click on the issue name link on the WBS screen
Press "t" on the keyboard

The following operations are no longer accessible:

Switch between the issue detail view and Gantt chart from the display menu
Display a Gantt chart using the floating button on the lower right of the screen

To close the issue detail view, you can press the "x" button displayed in the upper right of the issue detail view or "t" on the keyboard.

Bug fixes

When a user who does not have authority to change a security level creates an issue, the issue is always created without a security level

Previously if a user who did not have authority to change security levels created an issue from the WBS Gantt-Chart “Create” screen, a security level was not always set for this issue. This bug is now fixed.

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Firefox is not compatible with some environments

Previously, when Firefox was used with a touch screen or in an environment incorrectly recognized as a touch screen, you could not use a mouse with the WBS Gantt-Chart screen. This bug is now fixed.

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Incorrect content displayed when hovering a tooltip over the resources view

Previously incorrect content was displayed in resources view tooltips when consecutive resource bars with the same total workload were displayed. This bug is now fixed.