When exporting a JIRA filter to .xls, can you customize the name of the exported file?

Jordan Klein

In previous versions of JIRA, I would save a filter and then select Export --> Excel (Current Fields). This would export a .xls file that always had the same name, for example:

"Code Team (JIRA).xls"

 

Recently we upgraded to JIRA 7.12.0. Now when I follow the same steps, the name of the exported .xls file is time stamped, for example:

"Code Team (JIRA) 2018-09-18-18T10_08_35-0700

 

I use VBA code that takes in the exact name of an exported filter, but it no longer works because the name of the export is different every time.

 

Is there any way to customize the naming convention of exported .xls files?

 

Keri

Hey Jordan, 

 

This was a feature rolled out in Jira 7.4.1: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-65556

 

We don't have a way to rename this through the Jira UI, so you may have to update your code to rename the file first or consider trying another add-on such as Better Excel Exporter for Jira which may allow more flexibility when saving the files.

 

Cheers,

Keri