How to add a link to a filter description?

[Marcel Plomp]

Some filters are sent to users on a regular bases. These filters also appear on specific dashboards

When an email is received it has automatically a link to the filter. We would like to add a link to the dashboard as well.

Is it possible to add such a link to the filter description in a rich text?
We do not want to use the simple URL like: https://my_instance/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=123456

Any ideas?

[Hyrum Steffensen _Appfire_]

Hello Marcel,

Welcome to the Community!

Do you currently have third-party scripting addon installed? I know you can generate links in the Dashboard using Power Scripts Runner Gadget. I am sure there are other scripting addons available on the Atlassian Marketplace that do the same. The SIL script would look something like the following:

string link = "<a href=\"https://my_instance/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=123456\">https://my_instance/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=123456</a>";

runnerLog(link, true);

 Here is another example of how to create a link in the SIL Runner Gadget:

string issue = "EX-1";
string link = "<a href=\"http://localhost:8080/browse/" + issue + "\"" + ">" + issue + "</a>";

runnerLog(link, true);

Here is documentation on configuring the SIL Runner Gadget:

SIL Runner Gadget 

So that we can give a more precise answer, please answer the following:

• Do you currently have a third-party scripting addon installed?
• How are you sending the email?

Regards,

Hyrum

Please note that I am an Appfire employee and I support Power Scripts.

[Marcel Plomp]

1. No.
2. As a subscription

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Filters do not belong to dashboards, boards, projects, or subscriptions.  They are independent items that can be used by many different parts of the system.

There's no relationship Jira could give you between a dashboard and a subscription - if your subscription to a filter that was used on several dashboards, which one would Jira choose?   You'd have to list all of them, and that would be pretty much useless to your users.

[Marcel Plomp]

I'm not looking for any relationship between the filter and the dashboard it is published on. If the filter is used on several board is not relevant at all.....as the filter will always show the same information.

We simply want to add a nice link to the description field of the filter. This description, and therefor the link also, shows up in the email that the user receives.
Clicking the link will redirect to a dashboard for a nice overview.....and maybe to see other filters on the dashboard as well.

[Marcel Plomp]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Thanks.
I have been here before though.... using a different login.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You would need to change the code behind the subscription system to enable this -

including the description of the filter would be hard, as filters don't have a description, unless you mean the name and the filter definition (the JQL behind it)

There's no way to point to a dashboard - Jira has no way to know what dashboard you might want to link to

[Marcel Plomp]

Hi Nick,

as filters don't have a description, unless you mean the name and the filter definition (the JQL behind it)

Well that is a new one.... I see something different though.

I would like to add a proper link in Rich text to this filed. Not a simple URL that does not look that nice.
Is it possible or not?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

As I said, you would need to change the code behind the subscription functions to include that.

[Kian Stack Mumo Systems]

@Marcel Plomp, 

I'm not aware of a way to do this. I don't believe it is possible.

Thanks,

Kian

[Marcel Plomp]

Best answer yet I think.... Maybe the description field of the filter simply does not support rich text like the common text fields in JIRA issues.