How do I display a JIRA description field in a Confluence page

[Dave Thistlethwaite]

I want to summarise my user stories in a confluence page so that stakeholders can view and comment, but keep them away from the actual JIRA dev tickets

If I add the standard JIRA ticket link macro it shows the ticket number, status and summary

How can I show the description field  ?

[Bob Swift [Bob Swift Atlassian Add-ons]]

The JIRA issues macro can show a list of issues based on a JQL query (instead of just a single issue key). You can modify the columns displayed in the dialog.

[Dave Thistlethwaite]

So you say add a query that only returns one item and just display the description column ?

[Bob Swift [Bob Swift Atlassian Add-ons]]

Yes. Display as table and then you can add/remove columns as you like.

[Bob Swift [Bob Swift Atlassian Add-ons]]

Using the display options.

[Benjamin Rosen]

Hi,  I have the same question but am new to Confluence/JIRA. I was wondering whether you could explain to me how I would structure a JQL query that would return the description for a particular issue key. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction here! 

[Benjamin Rosen]

Hi, I have the same question but am new to Confluence/JIRA. I was wondering if you could explain to me how I would structure a JQL query that would return the description for a particular issue key. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction here! 

[Kirstin Seidel-Gebert]

Hi Benjamin,

if you are looking for a specific issue, just enter the issue key and click the magnifier. A list of matching issues will be presented (only one in this case).
Select the issue and click Display options and select Table. In field Columns to display, remove all columns you don't need and add Description.

Tested on Confluence 6.8.1.
Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Kirstin