Differences Between Jira Service Management Built-in Canned Responses

This page is about Canned Responses Pro Templates for Jira Server/Data Center. Using Cloud? Click here.

In Atlassian Service Desk 3.7, Atlassian introduced a canned responses functionality. See the release notes. Note, that as I write this, this functionality is available on Jira Server only.

What are the differences between Jira Service Management (formerly Jira Service Desk) built-in canned responses and Canned Responses?

To make your decision simpler, here are the most notable differences between the two:



Canned Responses Pro Templates for Jira

Jira Service Management built-in canned responses



Canned Responses Pro Templates for Jira

Jira Service Management built-in canned responses

Jira Service Management

Jira Software

Jira Core

Jira Cloud

Description field

Text Field (multi-line) custom field

Number of dynamic macros

23 + custom fields (see Supported macros)

7

Different contexts

Project, Personal or Global

Project only

Favorite templates

Cloud only

Group templates sharing

Cloud only

WYSIWYG editor

Cloud only

Template usage counter

You can convert existing your built-in canned responses to the Canned Responses Pro Templates for Jira

Simply click the "Convert and import" button on the Import/Export page in the Manage apps screen.