Title

The title of the notification in the U/I that is presented to the end user in the title bar of the browser window.

Description

An internal description of the announcement that is not displayed to the end user.

Status

Indicates whether the announcement is active (enabled) or inactive (disabled).

Show for Anonymous

Indicates whether this item should be displayed to anonymous users.

Notification Type

Banner - Displays the notification as a banner on every page until the end user dismisses it.

Full Page - Displays the notification as a "full page" acknowledgment (see list of URLS below that are not affected).

Dialog - Displays the notification as a dialog.

Flag - Displays the notification as a popup that appears in the top right hand corner of the screen until the user dismisses it.

 Full Page is not available for announcements created by Space (Confluence) or Project (Jira and Bitbucket Server) administrators.

Contents

Use the dropdown to select the desired format (HTML, Markdown, Plain Text) and then enter the body of the announcement.

Filter for specific space(s)

(Confluence only) If you want to target a specific space, select this checkbox and then select the space that should be used. To select multiple spaces, hold down Shift and then click each space.

Filter for specific project(s)

(Jira and Bitbucket only) If you want to target a specific project, select this checkbox and then select the project that should be used. To select multiple projects, hold down Shift and then click each project. For Jira: Only the projects that the current user has 'Browse' or 'Administer' permission for, are shown.

Filter for specific groups(s)

If you want to target a specific group, select this checkbox and then select the group that should be used. To select multiple groups, hold down Shift and then click each group. 

Notification icon

Choose this if you'd like an icon displayed next to the announcement title. Available icons are:

• Error

• Information

• Success

• Warning

For a Banner and Flag notification types, the border colors and icons change based on the icon selected from this list of options.

Enable time restrictions on announcement

Select this checkbox if you want the announcement to appear only within a specific date range. Once this checkbox is selected, additional controls will appear so that you can click the start date, hold down Shift, and then click the end date.

Button Text

If you want to change the text of the button, specify it here. If this field is left blank, the default text is used.

Enable the button after 5 seconds

Select this checkbox and the Dismiss button will become active after 5 seconds, ensuring the user has the opportunity to read the announcement before dismissing it.

Should the accept button be shown

This applies to Banner and Flag announcement types only and indicates whether the Accept button should appear. This is selected by default.

Show announcement upon every login 

Select this checkbox to display the announcement to the user upon every login.

Help Us Improve the Product

When enabled, it allows us to collect some usage data that will help us improve the product. To learn more about what is being sent, refer to Analytics Information. This configuration can also be turned off if you do not wish to share the information.

Dialog Height

This allows you to change the default dialog height of Dialog announcements.

Allow project administrators to create announcements

Allows Space Administrators and Project Administrators to create their own announcements.

Bypass Full Page Announcements

Input a regular expression which, when applied, will 'skip' the verification of interstitial announcements. To maintain normal behavior, leave this field blank.

When this field is blank, the regular expression used is ^Jakarta Commons-HttpClient.+ (this allows the Application Links to pass through).

For additional information on regular expressions, you may want to visit RegExLib.com or the Regular Expression Test Page.

Add/Remove tags and attributes for styling the announcements

Allows you to configure global HTML tags and attributes. 

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Enable Remind Me Later

Enable this option to remind the user of the announcement after a pre-set period of time. Disabling this option displays the announcement until the user selects Dismiss.

Remind Me Later Text

Allows you to add the reminder link text that informs the purpose to the user.

Mute period

Specifies the amount of time (in minutes) for which you can mute the announcement.

Explanation text

Allows you to add the hover dialog text that helps the user understand the announcement in detail.

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Base URL

Enter the Statuspage URL here. This URL is used to connect to your Statuspage instance.

Statuspage.io API Token

Enter the Statuspage API token. To get this token:

1. Login to Statuspage.io with your credentials.

2. Click your profile in the left sidebar.

3. Click API info.

4. Copy Your API user key (click the 

    icon). Paste that value in this field.

Polling Frequency

Specify the time in minutes. This value specifies how frequently the application must communicate with Statuspage to get the latest updates.

Statuspage Link Prefix

Enter the text to be used to link the announcement with the Statuspage incident page. After this text, a link to the specific Statuspage incident is included. Clicking this link opens the Statuspage incident page in the browser.

Enable

Select to receive incident updates from the specified Statuspage instance.

Name

Enter a relevant name for the Statuspage announcement. Your Jira Administrator can refer to the integration with this name.

Description

Enter a descriptive text for the announcement that is not visible to users.

Announcement Type

Banner - Displays the notification as a banner on every page until the end user dismisses it.

Full Page - Displays the notification as a "full page" acknowledgment (see list of URLS below that are not affected).

Dialog - Displays the notification as a dialog.

Flag - Displays the notification as a popup that appears in the top right hand corner of the screen until the user dismisses it.

 Full Page is not available for announcements created by Space (Confluence) or Project (Jira and Bitbucket Server) administrators.

Notification Icon

Choose this if you'd like an icon displayed next to the announcement title. Available icons are:

• Error

• Information

• Success

• Warning

For a Banner and Flag notification types, the border colors and icons change based on the icon selected from this list of options.

Filter for specific project(s)

(Jira and Bitbucket only) If you want to target a specific project, select this checkbox and then select the project that should be used. To select multiple projects, hold down Shift and then click each project. For Jira: Only the projects that the current user has 'Browse' or 'Administer' permission for, are shown.

Filter for specific groups(s)

If you want to target a specific group, select this checkbox and then select the group that should be used. To select multiple groups, hold down Shift and then click each group.

Statuspage.io page

Select a page from the drop-down list. This list is populated with the pages available on your Statuspage instance.

Status(s)

By default, all statuses available in Statuspage are displayed here. Click X to remove unwanted statuses from the box.

Announcement EOL 

Select the time till which the announcement is valid. This value is referred to as the End of Life (EOL) of the announcement. This specified time (in minutes, hours, or days) disables the announcements after the latest update from Statuspage is received. At the same time, the Acceptance Report counts for the announcement are also reset.

/rest/*

REST URLs are not blocked

/plugins/servlet/upm

The Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) is not blocked