Configuration guides
How to create a grid
You can add a grid directly in the grid administration page or create a custom field of type Grid Custom Field. This article describes how to create a grid.
Grid types
Learn about the various grid types in Table Grid Next Generation
- Grid field — Details about the Grid Custom Field configuration.
- Driving Tables — Create tables with data that is not connected to any issues. Use the driving table as a data source for your grid.
- View Fields
Grid default value
You can pre-populate the grid with static data. This article provides details on how to add default data to the grid.
Grid field context
One grid can have different configurations for each project. You can add a new context to the Grid custom field for various issues types in a particular context.
General settings
The grid configuration includes general settings tab. It helps you to customize the grid's general appearance and preview changes on the go.
Column types
Detailed description of the available column types. Check what columns you can use in a grid.
Column configuration
This guide will help you to configure a column. Let's start with adding a column to your grid.
- How to configure a Formula column — You can execute different operations using formulas in the grid. The formula is based on JavaScript.
- How to configure a Single Select List or a Multi Select List column
Connecting an external data source
Connect the grid to a REST or an SQL data source.
- REST data sources fields — Configuration and usage of the REST data source in the Table Grid Next Generation.
- SQL data sources — SQL data sources configuration and usage
- Data Mirror — Save the grid data dynamically in the external database.
- Data Mirror - Sync Table
- Jira fields data source — You can populate the grid with values from other Jira fields.
- JSON Path in REST data source — You can specify the direct path to an array inside the JSON with the help of JSONPath expressions. Data may be found and extracted out of JSON structures.
- Exporting and importing data source info — You can export or import information about a data source in a .json file. This speeds up the process of adding data sources.
- Filling a grid with data from REST or SQL data sources — You can fill your grids with data from an external data source when configuring a grid.
Date/Time format rules
You can use any of the available types to specify a format of the date displayed in Date, Time and DateTime column type.
Grid configuration export/import
You can download the configuration of your grid as a .json file and then import it to another grid. It helps you to migrate grid configuration from one Jira to another and allows our support team to troubleshoot your problem faster.
Predefined date and time presets based on locale
Table Grid for Jira Server / Datacenter provides a set of date and time presets for Date, DateTime and Time column types. These presets are based on locale.
Jira values placeholders
Get data from Jira objects and use them to populate the grid.
- Placeholder syntax and examples — You can use placeholders to get values from Jira elements and populate the grid with these values.
Column values placeholders
Create dependent columns like cascading select lists in a grid using column values placeholders.
How to format text in text area column?
Format the text in a grid using wiki makup.