How-to view details of a specific Jira issue

You may know that the standard Jira Marco of Confluence is not fully customizable. That's why we have created the Issue Forms - view form macro. With this macro, you can define which values are shown to the user.

Step-by-step guide to render an extended Jira macro and edit the issue

1. Open the page in edit mode and insert select the Issue Forms - view form macro via other macros.
   Browser and insert an issue key of an existing issue (e.g TESTCORE-1).
   The Save on the dialog will be enabled if there is an issue in Jira matching the given issue key. Now click Save.
   
   

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2. Save the page.
   
   

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3. The macro is now displayed like a Jira macro. Additionally it has an edit icon.
   
   

    

4. Click the pencil to edit the issue.
   
   

Step-by-step guide to creating your own view form 

1. Open the page in edit mode and insert the Issue Forms - view form macro via other macros.
   Browse and insert an issue key of an existing issue (e.g STP-20). The Dialog will enable the Save button if there is an issue form Jira matching the given issue key. Now click Save.
   
   

   
   
   
   

2. Create a table with two columns and rows within the Issue Forms - view form macro. Insert Key and Summary as Text as shown in the following screenshot.
   
   

   
   
   
   

3. Type "{issue forms - field" as shown in the screenshot and select the Issue Forms - field macro.
   
   

   
   
   
   

4. Select the Issuekey (key) field and click Save.
   
   
   
   

5. Repeat Step 3 and 4 for Summary and click Save.
   
   
   
   

6. The issue key and the summary of the specified issue will be shown on the page.
    

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