Export to PPTX for JIRA Documentation

Export to PPTX for Jira lets you automatically create Microsoft Powerpoint PPTX presentation from a group of Issues or an individual Issue in JIRA. It creates presentations with one slide for each ticket and you can customize exactly what fields of the ticket are displayed and how, using either the built in default template or a simple to create template of your own.

Export from Issue search page

1. Press the Export button on the Issue search page

2. 

   Select Export to PPTX

   

3. Follow the Generic Export Steps

Export from individual Issue page

1. Select the more actions ellipsis and then select Export to PPTX

   

2. Follow the Generic Export Steps

Generic Export Steps

1. Either

   1. Select which template to use from the dropdown

      

   2. Upload a new template. See Creating a new PPTX Template

      

2. (optional) If using the Default template then use the checkboxes to select which fields should be exported. If you are using a custom template then you will not need to do this.

   

3. Press The Export button

   

Creating a new PPTX Template

1. The uploaded file must be a single slide PPTX. This slide will be duplicated for each issue you export.

2. To have fields shown in a particular text box or location insert the text issue.fieldName, replacing “fieldName” with the name of the field you wish to have displayed there. For example: issue.key

3. You can see which field names are available for your selected ticket in the “Name of field” column on the Export to PPTX page.

4. 

   On the Export to PPTX page, click the Choose file button.

   

5. Select your template PPTX file

6. Then press the Upload Template button

   

7. Once uploaded, you will receive a notification and the new template will be automatically selected. You can then proceed with step 3 of the Generic Export Steps.

For any further assistance, please email exporttopptx@grovr.co.uk