Beta Features
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These are experimental features - we are still working on these, but please try these in your boards and let us know your feedback!
Jira integration is available on paid plans.
If you are on a Free plan and want to try the Jira integration free for 7 days, get in touch with us!
With the new Jira integration, you can now work with your Jira backlog in your Metro Retro board.
Jira cards can be imported and edited, or new issues can be sent to Jira from your stickies!
Jira items can be imported into your boards as a Jira card and used in any board.
For example, you could review what happened in the last sprint, or send your retrospective actions to Jira.
Or looking ahead, you could run a poker planning session, refine the upcoming backlog, run sprint planning, review and prioritise bugs or technical debt.
Import issues from your JIRA projects
Edit issue title, assignee, type, status, story points
Create a Jira issue from a sticky note.
We'll be adding these features in a future update:
View and edit the description for a Jira issue
View and make comments on a Jira issue
Manually map custom Jira fields to use in Metro Retro
A better search and filter
Choose issue type when creating from stickies
Tip - If this is the first time you are connecting to Jira, you will need to authenticate with your Atlassian account.
Each person on the board who will create or edit Jira items must connect their Atlassian account.
Step 1 - Import data
Click the board name in the top left, and select "import data".
Step 2 - Pick your project and items
Step 3 - Pick Jira issues
Select the issues you want to import:
Step 4 - Use Jira items
Your Jira issues are imported and can now be used on the board and edited:
To create Jira items from sticky notes:
Select the stickies you want to export to Jira
Click the "send to Jira" button.
Enter your project ID, then confirm.
Your stickies will convert into Jira cards and be sent to Jira. Note - you cannot choose the issue type yet, they will be created as the default issue type on that project. Once the Jira card has been created, you can change the issue type from your board. Use Bulk Change on multiple Jira cards.
Go to Jira to see your newly-created Jira items!
Deleting a Jira card in Metro Retro does not delete the issue in Jira. It only removes the card from your board.
The default Jira connection is not a real-time 2 way sync, instead the data is updated each time you import data or refresh your board.
To enable continuous 2-way sync, your Jira admin needs to contact us to get this set up.
We need your feedback to know what's missing for your team and how we can improve the Jira integration for you. Talk to us using the support chat in your boards or email us contact [@] metroretro.io.
At least one user on a board must be present and connected to Jira with their Atlassian credentials.
Any user with access to a board can view the Jira issues that have been imported, this includes guests.
Only users that have an active connection authenticated through your Organization's Atlassian login can make updates to Jira issues.
Your Jira data is not permanently stored in Metro Retro when imported. Only the Jira issue ID is stored, and each time the board is opened or refreshed, the full payload of issue data is retrieved each time using those issue IDs. This is stored in temporary memory, which is removed once all Atlassian-authenticated users close the board.
Tags are a way to add additional labels to sticky notes and cards:
Tags can either be just a label or a label & value.
Tags can be customized with color and symbol.
Tags can be added by right clicking and choosing Add Tag
Tags can be quickly added by typing a #hashtag or wrapping a label/value in square brackets like this: [valueTag=50].
Tags are currently in "beta" - we'll be expanding their use and application in 2024.
Paste the link to a video to embed it into your board. Copy either the Youtube link or the MP4 link and paste it directly onto the board with Ctrl + V.
The video will appear on your board and can be played / stopped with a single click.
Ctrl + click selects the video so you can move, resize and delete it.
To slap someone, hold the space bar and fling your cursor through their avatar to send them flying (with bonus sound effects). If you find slaps annoying, disable them in the user settings.
We built Metro Retro so that all actions on a board can be programmatically executed with commands.
This means that in the future you could script an automated workshop. We're not quite there yet, but for now you can browse examples of the commands that will be available for keyboard ninjas.
Press the Ctrl + Space keys to bring up the Command Palette.
From here you can scroll through the commands, or type to find a command.
This is in very early stages, so we don't recommend doing anything with it beyond browsing the commands. You'd need to know the correct parameters to type for most of the operations.
The command palette is in the very early stages and is experimental, so exercise caution when using it.
