The Jira online REST API doc is wrong about how you can delete actors from a project role. As below it says the query string is user={username}, but it turns out to be inaccurate, even you still get the 204 response code. The right query string is should user=userkey. I have tested and verified this.
Author: Jackie Chen
Understanding Jira project, issues, fields, screens, schemes and workflow
This is my version's summary of those key components in Jira. If you are new to Jira, this might be a good starting point to understand Jira from a high level.Project - a project is a collection of many issues that are all related to a project.Issues - issues are the building blocks for a … Continue reading Understanding Jira project, issues, fields, screens, schemes and workflow
Jira and Confluence System Administrator Must Read
Both Jira and Confluence run on the Tomcat, it is critical for a Jira and Confluence system administrator to understand how Tomcat works. And what those paramaters mean in the server.xml? How to monitor the JMX metric to decide whether the server is healthy or not. I found a blog article on Data Dog website … Continue reading Jira and Confluence System Administrator Must Read
Jira sprint query sample
Just remember to add 'includeFutureSprints=true' if you need to find out the future Sprint. By default, it is only up to current Active sprint. Here is a nodejs sample: https://gist.github.com/jc1518/8c0605f9620b976d6ceede659d5b280c
Use includeArchivedSpaces parameter in CQL
By default the archived Confluence space won't be listed the search results in the Confluence UI. This also applies to CQL. If you want to include the archived space in your CQL query result, then you need to add includeArchivedSpaces=true in your CQL query. For example, I want to find out all Confluence spaces (including … Continue reading Use includeArchivedSpaces parameter in CQL
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