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Release type

MAINTENANCE

HighlightsCompatibility with Jira 8.12



New features

  • xCharts is now fully compatible with Jira 8.12

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xCharts Release Notes 1.7.6

Release date

 

Release type

MAINTENANCE

Highlights



Bug fixes

  • Sorting by numeric fields now displays the correct order when grouping by numeric fields
  • Sorting by issue constants like statuses, resolutions, etc. did not work properly when grouping by these values 
  • The scope in the chart layouts overview was not highlighted when a file from the home directory was selected


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xCharts Release Notes 1.7.5

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Release type

MAINTENANCE

Highlights



Bug fixes

  • A vertical line was displayed for gauge pie or donut charts in the Versions Release Dates chart template
  • External libraries are now included in the add-on packages instead of being downloaded from third-party websites
  • External file selection did not work properly for Windows Server deployments 
  • No warning message was displayed for the xChart Gadget+ when the underlying chart was deleted or the permissions were changed

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xCharts Release Notes 1.7.4

Release date

 

Release type

MAINTENANCE

Highlights





Improvements

  • Added documentation regarding the migration steps that may be required to the upgrade from d5 version 3.5.6 to d5 version 5.11.0 (xCharts 1.7.2 and above)
  • Renamed Save button from Refresh to Save on Resources, Data Script, and Layout pages
  • Added support for using built-in charts Top 10 Commenter and Top 10 Reporter multiple times on the same dashboard

Bug fixes

  • Jira Dashboards did not work using Internet Explorer 11 with xCharts installed
  • Rendering scripted charts with added table on a dashboard could result in wrong gadget sizing

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xCharts Release Notes 1.7.3

Release date

 

Release type

MAINTENANCE

Highlights



Bug fixes

  • The C3js module prevented default Jira gadgets from working as expected
  • A user without proper permissions could access the resources page
  • The chart Actions menu was displayed to users with no permissions

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xCharts Release Notes 1.7.2

Release date

 

Release type

MAINTENANCE

Highlights

Along with the End of Life for Jira 7.5, the last supported version is now Jira 7.6





Compatibility

  • Along with the End of Life for Jira 7.5, the last supported version is now Jira 7.6

Improvements

  • A message is displayed when exporting results to xCharts Gadget in Jira 8+ from Issue Navigator's Dashboard charts export
  • New button to Create new chart from Charts page
  • Updated English and German internationalization
  • Upgraded C3.js to v0.7.8 and D3.js to v0.5.11

Bug fixes

  • Scripted charts did not render in gadgets in version 1.7.1
  • The cancel button was misplaced after re-adding the script file
  • Quick Search navigated to the wrong URL on the Chart Layout Script page
  • The width of bars in the bar chart was very small with certain settings
  • Single Select picker did show None after being saved
  • Charts froze when the data was big for C3 to render
  • Gauge chart main values were overlapped
  • Date Field picker did not show saved field items
  • Number labels in Time in Status chart had multiple decimal points
  • A user without permission was able to see the edit chart button
  • Preview of parameters in Scripted Chart did not reflect the current language after switching
  • Script Chart page had two Javascript errors
  • Accumulated Fields picker did not show saved field items
  • Gauge chart always showed a maximum value of 100
  • Versions Release Dates chart displayed incorrectly in charts Gadget+ in Jira 7
  • In Jira 8+, charts' permissions were not set for users
  • xChart Gadget+ did not render the non-live-parameter charts in their own gadgets
  • Gauge chart in Versions Release Dates chart showed incorrect tooltip


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xCharts Release Notes 1.7.1

Release date

 

Release type

 MAINTENANCE

Highlights

Along with the End of Life for Jira 7.5, the last supported version is now Jira 7.6





Compatibility

  • Along with the End of Life for Jira 7.5, the last supported version is now Jira 7.6

Improvements

  • A message is displayed when exporting results to xCharts Gadget in Jira 8+ from Issue Navigator's Dashboard charts export
  • New button to Create new chart from Charts page
  • Updated English and German internationalization
  • Upgraded C3.js to v0.7.8 and D3.js to v0.5.11

Bug fixes

  • The cancel button was misplaced after re-adding the script file
  • Quick Search navigated to the wrong URL on the Chart Layout Script page
  • The width of bars in the bar chart was very small with certain settings
  • Single Select picker did show None after being saved
  • Charts froze when the data was big for C3 to render
  • Gauge chart main values were overlapped
  • Date Field picker did not show saved field items
  • Number labels in Time in Status chart had multiple decimal points
  • The user without permission was able to see the edit chart button
  • Preview of parameters in Scripted Chart did not reflect the current language after switching
  • Script Chart page had two Javascript errors
  • Accumulated Fields picker did not show saved field items
  • Gauge chart always showed a maximum value of 100
  • Versions Release Dates chart displayed incorrectly in xCharts Gadget+ in Jira 7
  • In Jira 8+, charts' permissions were not set for users
  • xChart Gadget+ did not render the non-live-parameter charts in their own gadgets
  • Gauge chart in Versions Release Dates chart showed incorrect tooltip



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xCharts Release Notes 1.7.0

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Release type

FEATURES

HighlightsxChart Gadget+ supporting live parameters. Additional improvements.



Compatibility

  • We are happy to announce that xCharts is now officially compatible with Jira Data Center!

New features

  • Use the brand new xChart Gadget+ to customize your charts right on the dashboard by using live configuration parameters

Bug fixes

  • A vertical line appeared when hovering over the charts
  • The layout name was not displayed after creating a new data script chart
  • Links to data scripts disappeared when opening the pop-up dialog several times
  • The horizontal line of the target value wasn't visible
  • Table reports haven't been rendered correctly within Confluence



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xCharts Release Notes 1.6.1

Release date

 

Release type

MAINTENANCE

Highlights



Improvements

  • Setting the background color now affects the whole graph.

Bug fixes

  • Superfluous white space removed below table charts when used in gadgets.
  • Scripted charts could get broken after updating to xCharts  1.6.0 when using the method getResolvedValue().

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xCharts Release Notes 1.6.0

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xCharts Release Notes 1.5.2

Release date

 

Release type

MAINTENANCE

HighlightsJira 8 Compatibility

Bug fixes

  • Chart Data Scripts can now be renamed
  • When chart and table are displayed in a gadget, the link was not correctly positioned
  • Creator column in chart overview was empty

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xCharts Release Notes 1.5.1

Release date

 

Release type

MAINTENANCE

Highlights




Improvements

  • Removed iframe when displaying charts in gadgets, improving load time for charts in Jira and Confluence

Bug fixes

  • Fixed - reordering of parameters in scripted charts was not being saved
  • Fixed - an encoding problem when Jira language is set to German
  • Fixed - Footer links were pointing to the wrong charts when saving a new configuration in a gadget
  • Fixed - Description was not saved when saving resources

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xCharts Release Notes 1.5.0

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Release type

MAINTENANCE FEATURES

HighlightsImprovements and new features like chart export




New features

  • Support for "Group by project category"
  • Possibility to load groovy and layout scripts from the JIRA_HOME directory
  • Ability to export charts as images
  • Ability to define a target value in several charts
  • Possibility to display Chart data in JSON format underneath the chart

Improvements

  • Time in the status chart: If the highest value is under 1 day, the y-axis unit changes from days to hours
  • When scripting your own charts, navigation between the single sections is now possible with tabs
  • Alphabetical order of charts when selecting them in the xCharts Gadget

Bug fixes

  • Fixed encoding problem causing Unicode texts to be wrongly displayed
  • Changing a picker parameter to a text parameter threw an error
  • Parameters did not always show up when editing scripted charts
  • Customer request type display name wasn't resolved properly


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xCharts Release Notes 1.4.3

Release date

 

Release type

REBRANDING

HighlightsUpdated app icons

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xCharts Release Notes 1.4.2

Release date

 

Release type

IMPROVEMENTS

HighlightsCompatibility with Jira 8.12



Improvements:

  • Group By Picker: when grouping by Epic Link, show Epic Name instead of Epic Summary in the chart.

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