Dan Tombs Community Champion

Hi All. A little over a year ago I started writing ICYMIs monthly to help keep everyone, including myself informed of all of the major changes going on inside the ecosystem & I want to start posting these here as well as externally. I hope you enjoy all the changes that came through Atlassian during February 2025. For the…

Hi All, Labels in Confluence can often be overlooked, but they are fundamental to Confluence. This old blog I wrote explore why we should use labels and how to get the best for them. You can view the blog HERE. Confluence is a wiki and collaboration product that allows a company to create, store, manage and share all…

Welcome to the next instalment in our ICYMI series. In this series we take a look back over the last month for Atlassian products. This blog is not going to be a complete catch up of everything I or someone in the community has noticed over the last month, but more on the larger release items or the new EAP & other…

Hi All, I cannot believe a month has already passed since we welcomed in the ICYMI series. But when a new month begins, we need to make sure we look back at the previous and all the amazing things that have happened in the ecosystem that is Atlassian. This blog is not going to be a complete catch up of everything I or…

Hi All, I have been thinking for a little while of writing a little new series on all the new updates coming to cloud products. So why not? Welcome to a brand new series of blogs where we now look back over the last month for Atlassian products. Atlassian like a lot of software companies are of course release new things…

Hi All. So this is a little late I am aware but due to a few things, it has taken me some time to get all the things sorted. ACE Solent had two events in January. Our own mini Jan slam if you will. Our second event was our first in person event of the year welcoming back some familiar faces as well as a few new ones too…

Hi All, I wanted to get this article out to help spread the word on an amazing new event we have here at ACE Solent. ACE Solent presents AI within Atlassian. @Lewis Lovelock [Clearvision] will be speaking to us on how they have used AI to benefit multiple departments with the use of AI and Atlassian products. If you are…

Hey All, I just wanted to jump on here and post an article I wrote back in June on the new whiteboard functionality coming to Confluence. You can read the article HERE. Formerly the Point-A product, Fabric, Confluence now has access to native whiteboard functionality. During day 2 of the team ‘23 event, Atlassian announced…

Hi All, I just wanted to share an old blog that I wrote on automation. Automation is key to any successful company but when is it too much? When should you not do it? You can view the blog HERE. Automation has changed so many aspects of our working lives. Right back from the earliest signs of automation with the automatic…

Hey All, I just wanted to come here and post my latest article regarding Atlassian Access & the wider platform regarding the security enhancements it has recently seen. You can check out the article HERE. In today's digitally-driven world, where cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, companies must…

Hey All, I just wanted to jump on here and post an article I wrote not too long ago on Atlassian's Point A products and how vital they are to Atlassian. You can view the article HERE. Atlassian has been developing software for over twenty years, with Jira first coming out in 2002. Since then they have seen huge amount of…

Hey All, I just wanted to come on here and post an article I wrote back in March regarding the infamous tech debt. We all have heard of it and I wanted to share some thoughts on how to best manage it. You can view the article HERE. Tech debt is all something I think we have experienced. While we all aim to not add…

Hi All, I just wanted to share an article I wrote not too long ago regarding the open DevOps platform Atlassian is creating. You can view the article HERE. Since it’s inception, Atlassian has always surrounded itself with agile ways of thinking. But like all, times have moved on, but the mindset of challenge the way we do…

Hi all. I just wanted to share an old blog I wrote around how to spot & Keep your Jira clean and healthy. It explores some hints & tips previously used to help keep Jira clean and tidy. You can review the blog on the following HERE. Jira has always been a widely customisable and comprehensive application. It’s highly…

Hey Community. I wanted to come and post a quick message in the community. I have been involved in the Atlassian ecosystem for around 7 years or so. I have had some great opportunities and have learned a lot thanks to the Atlassian community. In the last few weeks I have become a community leader and will be involved with…

Hi All, I have had a look at https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/automation-actions/#Automationactions-Lookupissues which explains how we can do the bulk processing of jira tickets to send in emails etc. But this only states that we can use system data. When can we or can we expect at all that this…

Hi Community, When on server you could run a DB query to obtain stuff like when a space was last modified or who the owner was etc. Basically what is the best way of running something like this command on cloud. SELECT spaces.spacename, MAX(content.lastmoddate)FROM content, spacesWHERE content.spaceid = spaces.spaceidGROUP…