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Custom Notifications Language Reference

Use the following reference to locate elements in notification templates and modify them present information in the desired format.

Local Variables

Local variables can be used, but not changed by the user. Local variables are predefined and read-only.

Local Variable

Type

Description

header

string

Notification's header, short text identify the notification type (available values: created/updated/commented/voted/tagged, etc.). Variable is used in default email subject template.

from

User

Notification sender's info

to

User

Notification recipient's info

application.name

string

Evaluates to "YouTrack"

application.version

string

Evaluates to the current version

application.build

string

Evaluates to build number

reason

string

Evaluates to description of the reason a user receives notification. Description form differs in jabber and email notifications.

issue

Issue

Evaluates to an issue, about which notification is sent.

change

IssueChange

Contains info about changes (issue project, summary, description, custom fields, visibility group, links, attachments) that initiated notification.

comment

Comment

Evaluates to an edited or posted comment, about which notification is sent.

comment_updated

boolean

true - comment has been edited, false - new comment has been posted

tag

Tag

Evaluates to an tag, which has been added to or removed from an issue.

untag

boolean

indicator that issue has been tagged/untagged

unvote

boolean

indicates that issue has been voted/unvoted

project

Project

Imported project or project failed to import (id, full name, issues, leader...). Variable is used in the "Import status" notification.

exception

Throwable

Java Throwable object

message

string

text of the message in the "Import status" notification.

Directives

You use FTL tags to call directives. Besides build-in directives like the #list directive (Built-in directives), you can define your own directives in Freemarker. For more information, see (User-Defined directives manual).

  • wiki process embedded text using Wiki syntax and keywords. Directive apply html escaping.
    • parameter no parameters

    • body text to process

Example:

@wikisolidhtml <#escape x as x?html> ... <@wiki><#noescape>${comment.text}</#noescape></@wiki> ... </#escape x as x?html>
  • diff render html element presenting text change. Mark deleted and added sections of text with given styles.
    • parameters:
      • oldText old version of text

      • newText new version of text

      • insStyle html style of inserted parts of text

      • delStyle html style of deleted parts of text

    • body no body

Example:

@diffsolidhtml <@diff oldText=change.before.summary newText=change.after.summary insStyle="background-color: #E6FFE6;" delStyle="background-color: #FFE6E6;"/>
  • stacktrace render the html component representing stacktrace of Throwable
    • parameters:
      • throwable instance of Throwable Java class

    • body no body

Example:

@stacktracesolidhtml <div><pre><@stacktrace throwable=exception/></pre></div>

Utils

  • Everywhere the type of returned value is list<?>, you can iterate over method result using #list directive.

Method Summary

static string

getAttachmentUrl(Attachment attachment)
returns URL of attachment resource

static string

getAvatarUrl(User user)
returns URL of user avatar

static string

getCommentReplyUrl(Comment comment)
returns URL of web page with Issue view focused on reply text area

static string

getCommentUrl(Comment comment)
returns URL of web page with Issue view focused on comment

static list<ProjectCustomField>

getCustomFields(Issue issue)
returns list of custom fields of issue

static Issue

getDuplicate(Issue source)
returns issue duplicated by the source issue, if there is no such issue returns null

static string

getEditProjectUrl(Project project)
returns URL of web page in Administration where you can edit project

static list<Tag>

getExplicitTags(Issue issue)
returns list of tags of issue except tag 'Star' visible for notification recipient

static int

getInvisibleAttachmentsCount(Issue issue)
returns number of issue's attachment invisible for notification recipient

static string

getIssuesUrl(Project project)
returns URL of web page with the Issues list opened in context of a project

static string

getJiraIntegrationUrl()
returns URL of web page in Administration where you set up Jira integration

static list<Issue>

getLinkedIssues(Issue source, string linkRole)
linkRole name of link (Related, Duplicate e.t.c.)
returns list of issues linked with source by the link of specified role

static list<string>

getLinkRoles(Issue source)
return all possible roles of links of source issue

static string

getPossessiveName(User you, User from)
return "you" if you and from is the same user, and from user presentation otherwise

static string

getResolveStatus(Issue issue)
return "resolved" if issue has been resolved and "" otherwise

static string

getSettingUrl(User user)
return URL of web page with user profile setting focused on the "Filters and Notifications" tab

static string

getStarSrc(Issue issue) return URL of 'Star' tag image resource

static string

getTaggedIssuesUrl(Tag tag)
returns URL of web page with the Issues list opened in context of tagged by tag issues

static string

getTrimmedTagName(Tag tag)
return tag name restricted by 25 chars length

static string

getUrl(Issue issue)
returns URL of web page with issue

static list<Attachment>

getVisibleAttachments(Issue issue)
return list of issue's attachments visible for notification recipient

static boolean

hasLinks(Issue issue)
returns either issue has any links or not

static string

inUserTimeZone(instant time)
returns human readable formatted time brought to the recipient time zone

static boolean

isFixed(Issue issue)
returns either issue has been fixed or not

Last modified: 1 July 2020