# JXL Cloud release notes

Feature change log of JXL for Jira Cloud.

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# 2023

# 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 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 cards, more smart columns

Hover over multiple line text cells to show untruncated rich content preview cards
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 cell 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

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