Highlighting Unread Release Notes: ARN Widgets for Jira

The video discusses how to highlight unread release notes within ARN widgets.

The presenter demonstrates the setup and integration process.

Clicking on the release notes button displays a widget with the unread release notes.

📌 The video discusses how to highlight unread release notes using ARN widgets in Jira.

🔍 The narrator explains how to set up the widget so that the unread notes are highlighted for end users.

📝 The speaker demonstrates the process of creating a dummy widget, setting it up as a floating panel, and publishing a release.

🔧 Configuring the highlighting of unread release notes

📄 Using embed code and JavaScript to display the release notes widget

📝 Loading and displaying relevant release notes through the widget

🔍 The snippet now includes an optional parameter called user ID for identifying logged in users.

🔑 It is recommended to use a random user ID for privacy reasons.

💡 The user ID can be passed on to the JavaScript for implementation.

📅 The widget loads the release notes from October 11, 2022.

👤 The system remembers the user ID and shows that the user viewed the widget after the release note was published.

🔧 There is a manually triggered rule in place that allows for the publishing of release notes.

📋 The video demonstrates how to highlight unread release notes using ARN widgets in Automated Release Notes for Jira.

📅 The demo shows the process of publishing release notes, confirming their success, and navigating through the memory widget to view previous releases.

🔄 The video also explains how to reload the widget, update the release count, and mentions that the count increases as new rules are executed.

👥 The specific user ID identifier allows the ARN widget to remember a user and display 100 release notes from their last visit.

💡 ARN widgets are a powerful tool to present release notes to end users and customers.

🍒 Highlighting the 100 release notes adds an extra advantage to using ARN widgets.