Atlassian Projects - Hide "empty updates" when there has been no update. It fills up the feed...

[Silvio]

As we all know, it is currently not possible to change the frequency of the built-in updates digest option globally. Projects = weekly, Goals = monthly.

However, we have created an internal policy that projects only need to be updated every 4 weeks. Maybe we are not the only ones...

The feeds and mails are now filled with “Updates: No updates was posted.” As a result, the feeds and emails are losing attention.

If it is not already a planned feature to be able to change the frequency time globally, it would be helpful if no post appeared when there was no update.

What do others think about this?

[Walter Buggenhout]

Hi @Silvio and welcome to the Community!

I understand what you are saying, but also understand the philosophy behind this. Looking at a project with no updates at all as in the above screenshot offers signal about (lack of) progress / communication.

This view (in the details of a single project) shows the entire update history of the project as a whole and - in my experience - is rarely used. Unless some concern is raised about the project at some point in time and the question pops up if there weren't any signals historically announcing the upcoming issue. If that were the case with the above project, that is the signal I am referring to.

Another view, the weekly overview of project updates, however is more practical. It has the overview of all status updates across projects and can be filtered by status. So over there, you can really zoom into just the updates for that week that you're interested in. And that is also the view you land on when you are reviewing the weekly status updates.

You can also find that view from Atlassian Home > Status updates.

Hope this helps!