Content Comparison

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Detailed description of the available column types. Check what columns you can use in a grid.

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This article describes the column types available in the grid.

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String

Use this column type to enter a single line of text. By default the text is aligned left.

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Textarea

Use this type to add plain text, including paragraphs. The column is available for JQL search. You can set a maximum number of characters in the column configuration. To add a new paragraph in the table cell, please use Ctrl+Enter hotkey.

By default the text is aligned left.

To add a custom formatting use the Wiki Markup. Check how to format text in textarea column for more details.

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Text Effects

Makes text as ~~deleted~~.

-deleted-

Makes text in citation.

??citation??

Makes text as inserted.

+inserted+

Makes text in ^superscript.

^superscript^

Makes text in _subscript.

~subscript~

To make an entire paragraph into a block quotation, place "bq. " before it.

Headings

h1. Biggest heading

h1. Biggest heading

h2. Bigger heading

h2. Bigger heading

h3. Big heading

h3. Big heading

h4. Normal heading

h4. Normal heading

h5. Small heading

h5. Small heading

h6. Smallest heading

h6. Smallest heading

Text break

Creates a line break. Not often needed, most of the time the wiki renderer will guess new lines for you appropriately.

\\

Creates a horizontal ruler.

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Produces — symbol.

---

Produces – symbol.

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Links

Creates a link to an external resource, special characters that come after the URL and are not part of it must be separated with a space.

The [] around external links are optional in the case you do not want to use any alias for the link.

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[http://jira.atlassian.com] [Atlassian\|http://atlassian.com]

Creates a link to an email address, complete with mail icon.

[mailto:legendaryservice@atlassian.com]

Lists

A bulleted list (must be in first column). Use more (**) for deeper indentations.

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* some * bullet indented bullets * points

A list item (with -), several lines create a single list.

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- different - bullet - types

A numbered list (must be in first column). Use more (##, ###) for deeper indentations.

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# a # numbered # list

Mixed nested lists

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# a # numbered #* with #* nested #* bullet # list

Tables

Makes a table. Use double bars for a table heading row.

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\|\|heading 1\|\|heading 2\|\|heading 3\|\| \|col A1\|col A2\|col A3\| \|col B1\|col B2\|col B3\|

Misc

Graphical emoticons

:) :( :P :D ;) (y) (n) (i) (/) (x) (!)

(+) (-) (?) (on) (off) (*) (*r) (*g) (*b) (*y) (flag)

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Single Select List

Use this type to represent a drop-down list of options with single choice. There are static and dynamic options; you can combine them in one column.

You can configure dynamic options using an external data source.

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Multi Select List

Use this type to represent a list of options where you can pick multiple choices. There are static and dynamic options; you can combine them in one column.

You can configure dynamic options using an external data source.

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Integer

Use this type to store plane integer number. The values for the Integer column type should be in range from -2147483648 to 2147483647, inclusive.

By

By default the text is aligned right.

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Number

Use this type to store number fields with a decimal. The largest positive finite value of type double is (2-2^-52)·2¹⁰²³.

By default the text is aligned right.

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Checkbox

Use this type to display a checkbox. By default the checkbox is not set. This type uses boolean values.

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Userlist

Use this type to select a JIRA User from a dropdown list. A

cell

cell displays User avatar alongside with the User display name.

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Date

Use this type to store date data. You can set custom format or select the predefined presets based on locale. The default format is set to 'L'.

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DateTime

Use this type to store date and time data. You can set custom format or select the predefined date and time presets based on locale. The default format for is set to 'L' for date and 'hh: mm A' for time.

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Time

Use this column to store time data. You can set custom format or select the predefined presets based on locale. The default format is set to 'hh: mm A'.