Comala Canvas for Jira

I've looked at many 3rd party add-ons Trials that tickled my interest initially, but after installing and working with them for a week or two, I usually found out they really didn't help me in my daily workflow. So, they get removed and back to my normal workflow I go . The Comala Canvas is different, this one I'm keeping. Yes, it is nice to see my issues laid out very well against any two axis I choose, and visually it is very appealing. But that is not beauty of this thing. The real benefit is how the drag-and-drop works so well in the context of how I already work. I'm not really doing anything significantly different, but rather it is so much easier now. And so much more clearer to see where my current project stands. I am able to transition Issues through my workflow so much faster now. I really like my dashboards I have setup, and they are still very necessary. But I am finding myself going to Canvas more and more, so much often than I thought I would. The one thing I would really like to see improved is more control of the order of the field elements used in the two axis. Currently you are stuck with the Natural order of the field as it stored in JIRA. Tech Support has already contacted me and said they were looking at ways to control the order, but that would be something in the future. Outside of that, this ad-on is a real Gem.

We recently started using Canvas for our IT Applications project management. I love having issues from all projects in one view since assignees work on issues in multiple projects. After the support team pointed me to the JQL area, I am now able to customize the boards to show exactly which issues I want to see. My biggest request at this time is the ability to customize the fields that display on the cards as well as the more info ppo-up

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  Appfire

  Thanks so much for your feedback Brenda; reviews like these help us make our products an even better.

This plugin needs work. For me - The "Go Back" button doesn't work anywhere - The column order is not retained, it keeps switching back to a random order whenever I reload my board - Changing the browser window size results in erratic resizing behaviour. Sometimes the columns collapse completely. - I couldn't find a way to configure the information that is shown on each card

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  Appfire

  Hi Lukas, we're sorry to hear that you weren't completely satisfied with Comala Canvas for JIRA. If you are still hoping to get the most out of the product we would love to help resolve those first three issues on our support site. Please visit https://comalatech.zendesk.com/ to create a support ticket and our team will be able to take a deeper look at the items you've mentioned. As for your final item, that feature is on our product road map, but is not implemented yet. If you would like we can add your contact data to our internal issue so that we can keep you updated; just reach out to let us know.

This plugin has amazing potential. Unfortunately, there is a lack of attention to detail in both the product and the supporting user documentation. Minor bugs make me nervous implementing our company's process with reliance on the plugin, and there are some much-needed features like being able to truly share a canvas board with JIRA groups instead of just sending a link and having each person manage his own boards. Overall, though, the matrix view makes planning so easy, and it keeps everything in JIRA, which I really like.

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  Appfire

  Hi Geoffrey. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. We are always looking to improve our products with enhancements that meet our users' needs. In fact, we just released a new version of the add-on today with a number of bug fixes and improvements including a more user-friendly UI. We would greatly appreciate it if you would reach out to us in regards to the specific features you feel are missing from our product. More knowledge about the types of features you desire will help us improve Comala Canvas for JIRA in the future. If you are able, please click the support tab above to find the various contact options available, or you are welcome to post on our community forum: https://comalatech.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/200130846-Comala-Canvas-for-JIRA-Cloud. Thanks again!

The tool is wonderful, however after I install it, there was a bug where I can't browser through my projects anymore. It got stuck on the same project and the wizard screen where I should be able to choose a project won't come up anymore.

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  Appfire

  Hi Rodrigo, Sorry for the trouble getting to look another project. We are looking at better ways to switch between projects. On the meantime, try selecting your project (project dropdown) then select the Canvas Tab (see http://cl.ly/image/1h242C1a1U0s) If that doesn't work, send us an email to support@comalatech.com and we'll look into it.