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Looking for the documentation on the newest versions of SIL Engine and the Simple Issue Language for Jira 8 for Server/Data CenterClick here and leave these dusty old pages behind !

[Back in 2010 ...]

It all started when a customer requested us to do the same validator in 3 different ways. Then, the company (a bank) thought that it would be nice to add a very complicated logic behind, logic that should be changed anyway on the real Jira production system. In the meantime, another customer came and asked us to do the same, but in a slightly different way.

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Actually, we just needed something else: for us it made no sense to write import statements, or take care of the objects when all you needed to do is to set the assignee of an issue on a certain user. It was clear that we needed a new language. And because every language needs to bear a name, we called it SIL™ (Simple Issue Language™) and the containing app Power Scripts for Jira. Lack of inspiration, you may say.

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We established ourselves as a provider for very complex Jira solutions. SIL™ has just made its way in 6 of our public apps:

And still we're getting better.