AryonForge
Smart Announcement Banner for Jira
Share targeted, scheduled announcements across Jira, and see who has read them.
Overview
Publish announcements for your whole Jira site or for a single project. Live announcements appear as Jira notifications on every page and on an Announcements page, so important news isn’t missed.
Project administrators can publish to their own project without involving a site administrator. Also available for Confluence and Bitbucket.
Features
Five announcement types
Critical, Warning, Information, Success and Tip, each with its own colour and icon. Set a priority, pin it, or add a button link.
Scheduling
Set start and end times in your own timezone, or pause an announcement and resume it later.
Audience targeting
Show an announcement to everyone, or include or exclude specific people or groups.
Acknowledgement tracking
Ask readers to acknowledge, let them dismiss or snooze, or keep a notice always visible.
Delegated publishing
Administrators at each level publish to their own audience, without needing a site administrator.
Insights
See acknowledgements, dismissals and how many people each announcement reached.
How to use
Site console
Apps → Manage your apps → Smart Announcement Banner → Configure
Project console
Project settings → Apps → Smart Announcement Banner
Where readers see it
Jira notifications on every page, Apps → Announcements, and the Announcements tab in a project
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Open the right console
Open the console for the level you want to publish at. Site reaches everyone; Project reaches people working in that project.
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Write the announcement
Click New announcement, add a title and message, and choose a type and priority. The live preview shows exactly what readers will see.
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Choose how readers clear it
Pick Require acknowledgement, Dismissible (with an optional snooze) or Always visible.
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Choose who sees it
Choose everyone, or include or exclude specific people or Jira groups. Targeting never reaches beyond the console’s own site or project.
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Set a schedule
Optionally add start and end dates with the calendar picker, and check the summary line below the fields before saving.
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Publish and follow up
Save to publish, or save as paused for later. Use Insights to see who has read it, and Reset reads to show it again after an important update.
Good to know
- Each console holds up to three announcements and runs one at a time.
- Pause hides an announcement and keeps its read history. Delete removes both permanently.
- Up to three live announcements appear as Jira notifications on each page, in priority order.
Privacy
- Stores your announcements and which readers acknowledged or dismissed them, using Atlassian account IDs.
- Recent reader activity is kept for 90 days.
- Supports Atlassian’s personal data reporting, so data for closed accounts is erased.
- Data is kept in Atlassian Forge storage. The app makes no connections outside Atlassian.
Our privacy policy covers every AryonForge app.
What the first version includes
- Five announcement types with priority, pinning, scheduling and a live preview.
- Targeting by people or groups, and three ways for readers to clear an announcement.
- Site and project publishing, with live announcements shown as Jira notifications.
- Insights on acknowledgements and reach.
Questions about Smart Announcement Banner for Jira?
Open a request in our support portal or email support@aryonforge.com. We reply within one business day, Monday to Friday.