Use Jira Gadgets in Confluence

Question

I'm a full Admin for both Jira 7.9.2 and Confluence 6.8.2.

On Confluence, I have set up the Gadget Feed to pull from the Jira instance. That is working, or so it seems. I can get the Gadgets to appear in the Macro Browser. Some of them work, some of them don't. Here's one example:

1. Edit a Confluence page

2. Add the Agile Wallboard Gadget from the Macro Browser.

3. Watch it fail while editing the page and present this error:

"errorMessages":["You currently don't have access to perform this operation."],"errors":{}

I've searched and searched and found how this might be an issue for an Anonymous user or someone who isn't an Admin.

I haven't found an answer to solve this:

Another Example is how I can use two other Gadgets. They report falsehoods, saying no issues found .... but there are issues when I look:

Now that I have gadgets from the gadget feed, they're pretty much of no use to me when the results on the gadget UI doesn't match the JQL.

Darin Hafer · Answer

Thanks Kat. I used a gadget called "Assigned to Me". There is no filter that I point to, it's built into the gadget, so I cannot edit the filter.

In this case, my case, I exist in both systems because both systems sync users from our Corporate AD.  This is the case for other users too  -  All users for our organization are sync'd daily into Jira and Confluence.

Confluence provides no way of specifying a user in this regard, or to edit the gadget's filter.

Any idea why the "In Progress" gadget says "no issues", yet it provides a hyperlink and when I click on it, it shows me 6 issues?

Kat Warner · Answer

I'm not sure how 'assignee in (currentUser())' would work using Jira filters. The Confluence current user may not be the 'user' talking to Jira. This would explain why clicking on the filter link gives you the correct results - as when you go to Jira, you are the current user.

Have you tried nay filters without 'assignee in (currentUser())'?