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4.4 BETA
Update on 4.4 BETA – February 9, 2021
Due to significant findings in the final stages of testing, we have decided to change the scope of the 4.4 release. We will no longer include the revisions cleanup and re-structure for the official R4J 4.4 so that we can further refine the implementation and give you the best output. However, we will still be including the rest of the features.
Please find features removed from the scope of R4J 4.4 official release with a strike-through in the list below.
We are excited to introduce REST API 2.0, which aims to provide a more complete and better structured REST API support for R4J.
If you have scripts running on REST API 1.0, you don't have to worry! We will not remove this version and support will continue until further notice.
Get familiar with the https://easesolutions.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REQ4J/pages/1490616345 endpoints through the https://easesolutions.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REQ4J/pages/1473937542.
New features and improvements
Component | Issue Key | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Administration: Cleanup Revisions | EASE-8390 EASE-8390 | Optimized handling of revision data; Fixed exponential growth of R4J revision history table consuming a large percentage of database storage capacity. Manual cleanup can be triggered by your Jira Administrator via App/Add-on Administration > (R4J section) Cleanup Revisions. The cleanup is performed as a background task and no downtime is expected. However, please backup your data before performing the cleanup. We strongly recommend that you first run and verify the result on a staging system. |
| 2 | REST API 2.0 | REQ-7885 | Added REST API version 2.0 – See https://easesolutions.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REQ4J/pages/1473937542 |
| 3 | General: Compatibility | REQ-9690 | Confirmed compatibility up to Jira 8.15 |
| 4 | Word Export | EASE-5833 EASE-5833 | Added support for export of revisions, baselines, and baseline signatures in custom Word export |
| 5 | Word Export | REQ-9408 | Added support for baselines expression in custom Word export to iterate through all baselines available |
| 6 | Word Export | EASE-8394 EASE-8394 | Added support for exporting confluence pages in custom Word export with a new selectedTreePage expression and page context items; since pages are based on application links, there are some limitations to consider when exporting pages |
| 7 | Word Export, | REQ-7358 | Improved handling for Word and Excel export errors |
| 8 | Detail View: Issue Links | EASE-9900 EASE-9900 | Added ability to add and view Confluence pages and web links in the Issue Links section of the detail view |
| 9 | Tree View | EASE-10420 EASE-10420 | Added support for reset query parameter to reset tree settings to its default state |
| 10 | Tree View | EASE-10580 | Improved behavior for expanding folder and issue items when selected. Instead of infinite recursion depth, only the items immediately below are expanded when a folder or an entry in the tree is selected |
| 11 | Tree View | EASE-10550 | Added option to Sort child requirements in the tree with same sort options as folders |
| 12 | Tree View: View Switch | EASE-6181 | Added ability to switch between detail, reading, and tabular view for all tree items, namely, folders, issues, and pages. |
| 13 | Tree View: Get Url | REQ-8004 | Added Copy Link button to copy the url to clipboard |
| 14 | Reading View | EASE-6018 | Added ability to collapse/expand folders and issues in the reading view. |
| 15 | Reading View | EASE-8421 | Improved usability: changes of the summary or description in the reading view are automatically saved when clicking outside the fields. |
| 16 | Reuse | EASE-7522 | Added option in reuse configuration to copy child requirements |
| 17 | Reuse | REQ-9301 | Improved input field names and descriptions for the reuse configuration dialog |
| 18 | Coverage View | EASE-7847 | Added ability to select multiple tree folders for the folder filter in the first column |
| 19 | Coverage View: Display Fields | EASE-9882 | Added support for the following display fields: Project Icon, Project (text value), Issue Type (text value), Priority (text value) |
| 20 | Coverage View | REQ-8825 | Improved experience by appending the source key of linked issue to link relation indicated in cell to avoid confusion with link direction |
| 21 | Coverage View | REQ-9309 | Renamed Select Source Items button to Configure View |
| 22 | Traceability View: Matrix | EASE-10563 | Added pagination for matrix view based on row and column display size configuration. |
| 23 | Traceability View | REQ-9310 | Renamed Configure button to Configure View |
| 24 | Administration: Integrity Checker | EASE-9679 | Optimized background processing of integrity checks – ongoing integrity checks will no longer be lost or timed out |
| 25 | Suspect: Suspect Counter Custom Field | REQ-9537 | Added custom field which records the count of suspects set for issue in the revision change set |
| 26 | General: Confluence Page Links | REQ-8268 | Improved content for preview pop-ups when hovering on Confluence page links |
| 27 | ReqIF: Permissions | REQ-9579 | Added permission setting for export and import operations of the ReqIF feature in the tree view |
Bugfixes
Component | Issue Key | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coverage View: Excel Export | EASE-10272 | Fixed Excel export generation in Coverage view and optimized consumption of Java heap to eliminate possibility of crashing Jira instance |
| 2 | Coverage View | EASE-11002 | Fixed Link existing issue suggesting the opposite link direction |
| 3 | Word Export | EASE-10350 | Fixed backslash not being treated as an escape character for wiki content being rendered in generated Word export |
| 4 | Jira Issue View: Requirements | EASE-11035 | Fixed Requirements tab in Jira issue view not appearing for child issues that exist in a tree |
| 5 | Detail View: Details Section | EASE-10714 | Fixed line breaks not being rendered in multi-line text custom fields |
| 6 | Traceability View: Matrix | EASE-10562 | Fixed default sorting of issues from alphabetic to alphanumeric |
| 7 | Administration: Integrity Checker | EASE-11023 | Fixed configured field blacklist being wiped out due to incorrect results of integrity check for deleted blacklisted fields |
| 8 | JQL: requirementsPath | EASE-10993 | Fixed requirementsPath function unable to evaluate results in Jira issue navigator when path folder name contains white space |