JXL Cloud release notes

Feature change log of JXL for Jira Cloud.

2025

15 May 2025

Sheet sharing and embedding improvements

• Optionally disable editing of view preferences in shared and embedded sheets

6 May 2025

Improvements to reordering conditional formats

• The sheet directory item in the Apps navigation menu has a new icon
• Reorder your formats right in the conditional formatting menu of the table toolbar
• Context menu actions to rank issues to top and bottom

16 Apr 2025

Field and issue history, export improvements

• Context menu actions to view the history of field and issue updates
• Sum-up, grouping, and hierarchy levels are now included in sheet exports

25 Mar 2025

Sheet access management, export improvements, more columns

• Manage view and edit access for users and groups per sheet
• Conditional formatting is now included in sheet exports
• Smart column: Last attachment
• History column: Date of last attachment
• History column: Time since last attachment

10 Feb 2025

Sheet sharing and embedding improvements

• Optionally disable sheet and issues editing in shared and embedded sheets

2024

19 Dec 2024

More smart columns

• Smart column: Sub-tasks done percentage
• Smart column: Sub-task statuses

21 Nov 2024

Configurable Parent cell format, more smart columns

• Configure cell format of Parent column
• Smart column: Time to or since start date
• Smart column: Time to or since target start
• Smart column: Time to or since target end

15 Nov 2024

More smart columns

• Smart column: SLA - Goal duration
• Smart column: SLA - Time elapsed
• Smart column: SLA - Time remaining
• Smart column: SLA - Time since breached
• Smart column: SLA - Progress
• Smart column: SLA - Cycle status
• Smart column: SLA - Met vs breached
• Smart column: SLA - Start time
• Smart column: SLA - Finish time
• Smart column: SLA - Breach time
• Smart column: Date or datetime custom field - Time to or since value
• Smart column: Multi value custom field - Number of values

22 Oct 2024

BigPicture app columns

• BigPicture Risk consequence column
• BigPicture Risk probability column
• BigPicture Task mode column

23 Sep 2024

Attachment preview chips

• Hover over attached files to show metadata and media preview chips

16 Sep 2024

Various third-party apps' custom fields support

• Caelor Fields (formerly Custom Fields Suite) app custom fields columns
• Caelor Linksy Advanced Issue Links custom field column
• codecentric Issue Picker for Jira custom field column
• STAGIL Issue Picker for Jira custom field column

12 Sep 2024

Configurable number cell format

• Configure cell format of number columns with thousands and decimal separators, decimal places, unit symbols

20 Aug 2024

Drag and drop rows to re-group and re-level issues, configurable date cell format

• Re-position issues across structure, hierarchy, groupings, and update all relevant fields by dragging and dropping rows
• Configure cell format of date and date time columns using Unicode tokens
• Most fields of text, number, date, date time, select, user, group, version types by third-party apps are now supported as table columns

31 May 2024

Smart column

• Smart column: Time between created and first response to customer

19 Mar 2024

Work calendar

• Optionally define a work calendar to ensure your work time is taken into consideration in history and smart column measurements

5 Mar 2024

Smart columns

• Smart column: Affected version status
• Smart column: Fix version status

26 Feb 2024

Embeddable sheet presentation

• Dedicated focused sheet view to embed in Confluence pages

7 Feb 2024

More history and smart columns

• History column: Previous status
• History column: Number of assignee changes, with configurable assignees
• Smart column: Affected version release date
• Smart column: Time since affected version release date
• Smart column: Fix version release date
• Smart column: Time to fix version release date

30 Jan 2024

Status column improvements

• Optionally hide looped transitions from the Status cell menu

18 Jan 2024

More history columns

• Date of status, with configurable status
• Time since status, with configurable status
• Date of status change, with configurable transition
• Time since status changed, with configurable transition
• Number of statuses, with configurable status
• Number of status changes, with configurable transition

15 Jan 2024

More history columns

• Time with assignee column, with configurable assignee
• Time in status with assignee column, with configurable status and assignee
• Time between statuses with assignee column, with configurable statuses and assignee

2023

14 Dec 2023

History columns

• Time in status column, with configurable status
• Time between statuses column, with configurable statuses
• Number of updates column

19 Nov 2023

JQL Search Extensions columns

• Attachment count column
• Bugs of Epic count column
• Bugs of Epic in Done status category count column
• Bugs of Epic in In Progress status category count column
• Bugs of Epic in To Do status category count column
• Children of Epic count column
• Children of Epic in Done status category count column
• Children of Epic in In Progress status category count column
• Children of Epic in To Do status category count column
• Comment count column
• Issue link count column
• Stories of Epic count column
• Stories of Epic in Done status category count column
• Stories of Epic in In Progress status category count column
• Stories of Epic in To Do status category count column
• Subtask count column
• Updated by users count column

2 Nov 2023

Hide and redact columns

• Hide columns to save different column layouts in views
• Redact columns temporarily

30 Oct 2023

Small improvements

• Improvements to adding and removing columns
• Improvements to searching in menus

23 Oct 2023

Full page

• Expand your sheets to the full page for an even bigger table experience

3 Oct 2023

Column filtering and table search improvements

• Choose whether ancestor and descendant issues of column filtering and table search matches stay visible in results
• More options to format Issue links, Linked issues, and Sub-tasks cells

27 Sep 2023

Column filtering and table search improvements

• Choose separately which levels of your hierarchy or structure each of your column filters and table search applies to

23 Sep 2023

Smart column

• Smart column: All external comments

19 Sep 2023

Sheet details, sum-up style

• View metadata and add a description to your sheets
• Percentile sum-up style

12 Sep 2023

Choice of column filtering style, regular expressions search

• Choose between column filtering styles text, number, date, date and time, time, or option filter
• Use regular expressions in text column filtering, table search, and text conditions of conditional formatting
• Optionally include column headers in CSV and TSV sheet exports

1 Sep 2023

Sheet folders

• Organise sheets in folders by typing two forward slashes // in the sheet title to nest it in a folder
• Additional cell format options for Issue links column

24 Aug 2023

Smart columns

• Smart column: Sub-tasks progress
• Smart column: Linked issues (as opposed to Issue links)

17 Aug 2023

eSign columns

• eSign Signature export column
• eSign Signature count column
• eSign Signature finalised column
• eSign Signature pending column
• eSign Signature status count column
• eSign Signed by column
• eSign Signed on column

9 Aug 2023

More JSM columns

• Major incident column (Jira Service Management)

7 Aug 2023

JPD custom fields support

• Custom field type: Checkbox (Jira Product Discovery)
• Custom field type: Slider (Jira Product Discovery)

1 Aug 2023

Configurable column header format

• Choose from 100 colours to format both foreground and background of column headers

24 Jul 2023

Configurable Issue links issues cell content

• Configure which issue link descriptions are included in Issue links columns' cells

18 Jul 2023

Editable Request type cells

• Cells in Request type columns are now also editable

14 Jul 2023

Issue ranking

• Drag and drop table rows to re-rank issues using Global rank fields (drag and drop to re-group and re-level also planned in the future)

3 Jul 2023

Conditional formatting improvements

• New lime colour shades in conditional formatting

28 Jun 2023

Custom fields support

• Custom field type: Global rank

15 Jun 2023

Smart columns

• Smart column: Linked issue types
• Smart column: All commenters
• Smart column: Parent summary

12 Jun 2023

Column filtering improvements, smart columns

• You can now use a Me (current user) value in user field column filtering
• Smart column: Date of last public activity (Jira Service Management)
• Smart column: Time since last public activity (Jira Service Management)

8 Jun 2023

Smart Fields app columns

• Smart Fields Smart text custom field column
• Smart Fields Smart number custom field column

6 Jun 2023

More JSM columns

• Request channel column (Jira Service Management)

5 Jun 2023

Editable Parent link cells

• Cells in Parent link columns are now also editable

26 May 2023

Atlas columns

• Atlas project key column
• Atlas project status column

24 May 2023

JSM smart column, JPD columns and custom fields support

• Smart column: Satisfaction comment (Jira Service Management)
• Custom field type: Rating (Jira Product Discovery)
• Custom field type: Date range (Jira Product Discovery)

14 May 2023

Editable Issue links cells

• Cells in Issue links columns are now also editable

9 May 2023

Hierarchy visualisation improvements

• Summary column values are now indented with tree branches according to their hierarchical depth (this can be disabled in column preferences)

26 Apr 2023

API method, smart column

• JXL API v1 now offers a method to retrieve a sheet
• Smart column: Sprint goal

13 Apr 2023

Collapse expand level improvements

• In addition to the context menu actions, collapse and expand levels from a menu in the table toolbar

8 Apr 2023

Scope composer improvements

• In addition to JQL queries, pick saved filters as sheet scope

20 Mar 2023

Dark theme

• Choose from the original light theme that you're used to, a new higher-contrast light theme, and our beautiful new dark theme

10 Mar 2023

More columns

• Issue creator column

3 Mar 2023

More smart columns

• Smart column: Parent issue type
• Smart column: Parent priority
• Smart column: Parent status

27 Feb 2023

Scheme permissions, more columns

• Manage who can view and create, edit, delete sheets via scheme permissions
• Affected services column
• Smart column: Number of affected services

23 Feb 2023

Issue linking improvements, smart columns

• Copy and paste values in Issue links column
• Optionally add issue summary to Issue links and Sub-tasks columns
• Smart column: Linked issue statuses
• Smart column: First comment visibility
• Smart column: Last comment visibility

9 Feb 2023

Smart column

• Smart column: Status changed date

2 Feb 2023

Multiple line text preview chips, more smart columns

• Hover over multiple line text cells to show untruncated rich content preview chips
• View in search action in context menu
• Smart column: Issue link types
• Smart column: Issue link descriptions
• Smart column: First sprint
• Smart column: Last sprint
• Smart column: Active sprint
• Smart column: Open sprint
• Smart column: Future sprint

27 Jan 2023

More level visibility options

• Option to hide child and bottom level issues without parents
• Option to hide issues that are outside of levels

25 Jan 2023

Copy sheets between projects, more columns

• Copy sheets between projects
• Last viewed date column
• Smart column: Time since last viewed

19 Jan 2023

Enhanced conditional formatting

• Choose from 90 colours to format both foreground and background of cells and rows

12 Jan 2023

Smart column

• Smart column: All comments (when exported, all comments, their authors, times and dates are included)

2022

8 Dec 2022

More smart columns

• Smart column: Issue URL
• Smart column: Customer portal issue URL
• Smart column: Issue ID
• Smart column: Project key
• Smart column: Project ID
• Various smart columns related to comments

8 Nov 2022

More smart columns

• Smart column: Sprint status
• Smart column: Sprint closure

4 Nov 2022

Empty options in date and number column filtering

• Empty and not empty options in date and date time column filtering
• Empty and not empty options in number, time since, and time tracking column filtering

26 Oct 2022

More columns, time tracking format

• Category column
• Configurable display format in time tracking columns

18 Oct 2022

Views, sheet sharing

• Save frequently used states of features and preferences as views in sheets
• Share sheets with views enabled with other users

5 Sep 2022

More column sum-ups, more smart columns

• Sum-ups in "Time since..." columns with configurable sum-up style
• Various smart columns related to comments

31 Aug 2022

Merged columns

• Use merged columns to consolidate values from multiple individual fields from team-managed projects

16 Aug 2022

New issue structure preference

• Choose whether issues can be listed multiple times in the table across the hierarchy in structures

11 Aug 2022

Insight custom field support

• Custom field type: Insight objects

9 Aug 2022

Images column

• Smart column: Images

4 Aug 2022

Conditional formatting

• Format background colour of cells and rows if field values meet specified conditions

14 Jul 2022

Column freezing

• Freeze columns on the left of the table

11 Jul 2022

Issue counts in groupings

• View issue counts in grouping rows

13 Jun 2022

Site migration

• Use the new migration feature to move your sheets between Jira sites

31 May 2022

Development information columns, smart columns

• Number of pull requests column
• Pull requests status column
• Number of builds column
• Builds status column
• Smart column: Number of labels
• Smart column: Number of components
• Smart column: Number of affected versions
• Smart column: Number of fix versions
• Smart column: Number of sub-tasks
• Smart column: Number of issue links
• Smart column: Number of issues linked
• Smart column: Number of attachments
• Smart column: Number of comments

23 May 2022

Sheet API, image file viewer, not empty in select column filtering, Deep Clone integration

• JXL Cloud API with create and delete sheet methods
• Insitu file viewer for image attachments
• NOT EMPTY option in select column filtering menus
• Deep Clone for Jira integration

11 May 2022

Issue Checklist for Jira columns, smart columns

• Issue Checklist for Jira Checklist column
• Issue Checklist for Jira Checklist completed column
• Issue Checklist for Jira Checklist progress column
• Issue Checklist for Jira Checklist progress % column
• Smart column: First commented by user
• Smart column: Last commented by user

4 May 2022

Issue security

• Security level column

2 May 2022

In-app help, column filtering improvements

• In-app help panel
• Select all action in column filtering menus
• Use EMPTY keyword with logical operators in text column filtering and table search

26 Apr 2022

Smart columns

• Project category column
• Smart column: Project type
• Smart column: Project configuration type

23 Mar 2022

Smart column

• Smart column: Time to due date

21 Mar 2022

Field sum-ups

• Sum up table contents
• Sum up groupings
• Add sum-up levels to custom issue structures

2 Mar 2022

Global permission, smart columns

• Manage who can make bulk changes to issues in sheets
• Smart column: Date of first comment
• Smart column: Date of last comment

23 Feb 2022

Smart columns

• Smart column: Time since status changed
• Smart column: Time between created and resolved
• Smart column: Last updated by user
• Smart column: Last update action
• Smart column: Number of sprints
• Smart column: Attachments size

21 Feb 2022

Issue grouping, Easy Agile Programs columns

• Group issues by field values
• In addition to hierarchy levels, use grouping levels in custom issue structures
• Easy Agile Program column
• Easy Agile Program increment column
• Level-specific column filtering preference now also applies to the table search

8 Feb 2022

Global permissions, read-only columns

• Manage who can view and create, edit, delete sheets via global permissions
• Optionally make columns read-only in your sheets

3 Feb 2022

Custom fields support

• Custom field type: Single version select menu
• Custom field type: Multiple version select menu
• Custom field type: Readonly plain text

2021

28 Dec 2021

Expand/collapse levels

• Expand and collapse entire levels from the context menu when issue hierarchy is enabled

23 Dec 2021

Relative date column filtering

• Filter date and time columns relative to now (e.g. today, or from yesterday to X days from now, etc.)

16 Dec 2021

Hierarchy level filtering and level-specific column filtering

• Hide issues without children in hierarchies
• Control which hierarchy levels column filtering applies to

10 Dec 2021

Row numbers

• Optionally add row numbers for easier referencing of table positions in meetings

6 Dec 2021

Rename columns

• Change the heading of table columns in your sheets

29 Nov 2021

Advanced search syntax with logical operators

• Use logical operators (OR, AND, NOT), grouping (parentheses) and exact phrasing (quotation marks) in text column filtering and table search field

24 Nov 2021

Custom field support

• Custom field type: Projects

23 Nov 2021

Adaptable sheets

• Open sheets with an adapted scope and title using URL parameters

22 Nov 2021

Time tracking formats, expand/collapse all issues

• Time tracking columns now observe Jira display format and default unit settings
• Expand and collapse issues actions in context menu when issue hierarchy is enabled

17 Nov 2021

Custom issue hierarchy

• Create custom structures based on Advanced Roadmaps parent linkage, issue links, and more

4 Oct 2021

Sheet starring

• You can now pin your favourite sheets in the sheets directory and sheets menu by starring them

1 Oct 2021

Sheets browsing improvements

• Switch between recent and alphabetical sorting in sheets directory and sheets menu

28 Sep 2021

SLA columns

• Table columns for Jira Service Management SLA time fields

23 Sep 2021

Issue hierarchy

• Group issues by hierarchical relationships (Advanced Roadmaps issue levels also coming soon)

3 Sep 2021

Special Notes column

• Add issue notes that are visible in the context of the sheet you add them to (not a Jira field)

26 Aug 2021

Editable Epic link cells

• Cells in Epic link columns are now also editable

3 Aug 2021

Notifications switch and more granular sheet permissions

• Toggle email notifications of issue changes in sheets (needs administrator permission)
• You now need Edit Issues permission in a project to create, edit, delete sheets

27 Jul 2021

Faster column editing

• More lightweight Add column dialog for snappier sheet editing

20 Jul 2021

Inline create issues in sheets

• Hover over the row handles on the left of the table to create an issue
• Choose "Create issue below" in the context menu to create an issue
• Use keyboard shortcut Cmd+Shift+C (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+C (Windows, Linux) to create an issue

8 Jul 2021

Epic link column improvements

• Epic Link cells now show the name and colour of the epic

29 Jun 2021

Row handles, time columns, custom field column header abbreviation

• Row handles
• Click row or column headers to select whole rows or columns
• Status category changed date column
• Resolved date column
• Smart column: Time since created
• Smart column: Time since updated
• Smart column: Time since status category changed
• Smart column: Time since resolved
• Column headers with long custom field names now get a smart abbreviation when needed

14 Jun 2021

Context menu, more JSM columns

• New context menu for cell selections
• Start Jira bulk editing for selected issues
• Request type column (Jira Service Management)
• Request language column (Jira Service Management)
• Satisfaction column (Jira Service Management)
• Satisfaction date column (Jira Service Management)

9 Jun 2021

Sheet directory page, more JSM columns, cascading select custom field support

• New sheet directory page accessible from the Jira header navigation
• Custom field type: Cascading select menu
• Request participants column (Jira Service Management)
• Approvers column (Jira Service Management)

31 May 2021

Save as new sheet, Votes, Watchers, Tempo columns, more custom fields support

• Ability to save sheet as a new sheet
• Ability to clear all sorting, filtering, sheet search from the status bar
• Overdue date values in the Due date column now appear red
• Votes column
• Watchers column
• Tempo team column
• Tempo account column
• Custom field type: Multiple user select menu
• Custom field type: Single and multiple user select menus (next-gen projects)
• Custom field type: Single group select menu
• Custom field type: Multiple group select menu

17 May 2021

Sheet export

• Sheet export to XLSX, CSV, TSV files

10 May 2021

Comments and Status category columns

• Comments column
• Customer conversation column (Jira Service Management)
• Status category column

3 May 2021

Column filtering, Advanced Roadmaps columns

• Number-based column filtering
• Date-based column filtering
• Date and time-based column filtering
• Time tracking value-based column filtering
• Flagged option-based column filtering
• Parent link column (Advanced Roadmaps)
• Target start date column (Advanced Roadmaps)
• Target end date column (Advanced Roadmaps)
• Team column (Advanced Roadmaps)

28 Apr 2021

Column filtering

• Field value-based column filtering

21 Apr 2021

Attachments column, more custom fields support, more performance, issue dialog

• Attachments column
• Custom field type: Multiple line plain text
• Custom field type: Multiple choice select menu
• Custom field type: Date and time
• Custom field type: Checkboxes
• Custom field type: Radio buttons
• Custom field type: Single user select menu (classic projects)
• Custom field type: Labels
• Issue dialog
• Performance improvements

13 Apr 2021

Column filtering, performance, more custom fields support

• String-based column filtering for text fields
• Performance improvements
• Custom field type: URL
• Custom field type: Date

8 Apr 2021

Custom fields support

• Custom field type: Single line plain text
• Custom field type: Single choice select menu
• Custom field type: Number

29 Mar 2021

Initial public release

• Multiple sheets per project
• Easy-to-use JQL composer for sheet scope editing
• Add, remove and re-arrange table columns
• Search in sheet
• Column sorting
• Column resizing
• Support for most standard fields, time tracking fields, and Jira Software fields
• Keyboard commands and navigation
• Select, copy and paste single or multiple cells
• Undo and redo cell changes
• Status bar for cell range calculations and more
• Next-gen project compatibility