Component Watcher for Jira - User guide (Cloud)

Component Watcher for Jira - User guide (Cloud)

 

Component Watcher for Jira - is a plugin used to get notifications about events in issues that contain certain components. i.e. as notification subscription to certain components.

It can be used by various teams to keep track of their own particular directions. 

 

To start configuring the Component Watcher settings navigate to "Component watcher" section on the project settings page:

Project settings → Component watcher

User must have Project administrator permission to access component Watcher setting.

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Steps:

 

I. Select component

Pick components from the list of components in your project you want to be notified about in the corresponding field.

(You can select several components to create multiple configurations at once)

 

II. Select event type

You can pick the events you want to be notified about rather than getting notifications on any event in the issue.

For example, to get notifications only in there was a new comment in issue, while ignoring assignment updates.

 

III. Select recipients 

You can select both individual users and user groups as recipients of the notifications. 

 

IV. Create setting

Press Add component settings to create new setting. 

 

Please note, notification is not sent to event author. i.e. users do not get emails of self-triggered events. 

Project administrators can Import Component watcher configurations from other sources provided the correct JSON file. See more information on Export/Import data here.

 

 

Configuration List (for Jira administrators)

 

On this page Jira administrators can see all projects with created configurations listed.

To view all created configurations in Jira, navigate to: Marketplace Apps → Component Watcher.

 

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From this panel, Jira administrator can also Export or Import configurations for individual or multiple projects.

To get more information on Export/Import configurations see the following page:

https://globo-solutions.atlassian.net/wiki/x/CQCqyw