Excel Addin 4.5

Logging

O4JVSTO-939

Logging of communication between Excel Plugin and Jira is enabled by default. Logfile size is limited.

Requirement path

O4JVSTO-1202

O4JVSTO-1276

For the field “Requirement Path (split-up)“ the first requirement path level column is added by default, also when there no issues in any R4J tree structure.

Both issue key and project name are supported while updating requirement path from Excel to Jira.

Performance

O4JVSTO-938

Issue retrieval have been optimized to reduce load on Jira and to avoid time outs.

R4J Cloud support

EASE-13451
EASE-14031
EASE-14787

Now the Plugin can connect to the R4J Cloud edition. Installation description at R4J Cloud MS Excel Plugin - R4J Cloud - Requirements Management for Jira - Confluence (atlassian.net)

T4J test steps upload

EASE-14291

Fixed the problem with “Test Description” field in conjunction with the “Test steps” field. All the changes made in Excel get properly uploaded to Jira.

Requirement path

O4JVSTO-1255

O4JVSTO-1256

Issue inside the R4J tree (root folder only) was not added if the project name in Jira has space at the end. Fix for the project name now applied.

Adding issues as chain children (add to parent issue) in Excel is not generating an error messages in the summary window anymore when the issues are added to the tree.

Requirement path with issue key

EASE-14793

O4JVSTO-1274

Problems with requirement folder path which contains a value formatted like an "issue key" fixed.

With R4J Cloud: Fixed the query issues when using JQL with “reqpath”. This use case is supported now, the requirement path is listed in the fields selection

Installation

EASE-10954

Fixed issues with “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” message by automatic upgrade to “Microsoft Visual Studio for Office Runtime (VSTO 4.0)“