Get UI from a history log

[Nusrat Soogund]

Hello,

There have been some changes made to the description tab on JIRA and I can see it tracked in the History Log. is there a way for me to copy that log and see it as how it would have appeared on the Description tab itself?

I dont need to undo the change rather review the previous ones.

Thank you for your help.

[Freddy Alexander · Accepted solution]

Hello, Some Jira marketplace apps (like Jira Snapshots or Issue History for Jira) allow you to see previous field versions in a more readable format.

[Nusrat Soogund]

Hi @Freddy Alexander thank you so much for this! I checked it out from marketplace and it could work. I will see with the admins on my end if we can implement that.

thank you!

[Yuliia_Borivets__SaaSJet_]

Hi,

I am a representative of Issue History for Jira, thanks for mentioning it. Here is how the description history looks with the app:

[Vishal Biyani · Accepted solution]

@Nusrat Soogund 

if your ask is to compare before and after description available in changelog, it would be doable. it is in markdown syntax format. A parser may have to be written to identify the differences. 

Don't think anything out of the box exists in JIRA

[Nusrat Soogund]

@Vishal Biyani Thank you for your help.

is it possible to advise on how to go about for the parser please?

[Vishal Biyani]

To start with, if your organization permits usage of AI bots like chat GPT, you can ask chatGPT to provide the diff.

Depending on your coding proficiency in a language the parser can be written in that. I don't have a ready POC available that you can reference.

[Nusrat Soogund]

@Vishal Biyani thank you! tried this with chatgpt and it worked! thank you so much!

[Petru Simion _Simitech Ltd__]

Hi @Nusrat Soogund ,

If you are open to using apps you can use Issue History Dashboard for Jira , an app released by our company.

You can filter the search by Field Updated 'Description'.

In the Value From and Value to you will find the values of field Description before and after the change.

Regards, 

Petru

[Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_]

Hi @Nusrat Soogund and welcome,

each field (including Description) shows the current value and it not possible to show the previous one. 

Hope this clarifies,

Fabio

[Nusrat Soogund]

Hi @Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_ thank you for your feedback. 

I do get the previous ones from History log but it is not in a format which I can easily view and review.