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How to install

Installing the Excel add-in

1. Download and unzip Mirrorlake_Excel_Importer_vx.x.x.zip. The archive contains the importer add-in Mirrorlake_Jira2Excel.xlam
2. Save the Mirrorlake_Excel.xlam file to a local folder on your PC.
3. Open Microsoft Excel
4. Click "File tab" -> "Options" -> "Add-Ins" category
5. Select Excel-Add-Ins at manage field and click Go to open the Add-ins dialog box.
6. Click on browse and select the unzipped Mirrorlake_Excel.xlam

More help on how to manage add-ins in excel can be found in the Microsoft® Office support pages.

In case the add-in disappears after quit+restart of excel, look to the solution of this known issue cause by a Microsoft® Windows® security update.

That's it. Now your Importer should be visible in Excel®:

In case the add-in disappears after quit+restart of excel, look to the solution of this known issue cause by a Microsoft® Windows® security update.

Installing the mirrorlake license add-on to your Jira® server

Note: this step is not needed, if you just want to evaluate the tool or if you want to buy an single-PC activation key.

1. download the Jira® plugin from the Atlassian® marketplace here
2. follow the install instructions from the Atlassian® marketplace

Releases

v2.15.1

• Bugfix: fixed comment field import for newer Jira versions

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v2.15.0

• Datacenter compatible version, approved by Atlassian.

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v2.14.2

• Bugfix #36: Empty epic link fields inherit values from previous record

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v2.14.1

• Feature: added options for custom date and time formats
• Improvement: improved JQL Url encoding, fixing observerved issue with some characters in JQL string
• Improvement: improved error message handling

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v2.13.0

• Feature: Added import progress bar
• Improvement: tuned debug logging for better performance
• Improvement: better support of custom datetime fields

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v2.12.0

• Bugfix #34: overflow issue when importing large data sets
• Improvement: error handling
• Improvement: button for opening logfile
• Improvement: improved error robustness of import setup (filter and project field)
• Bugfix #33: corrected US format of date picker fields

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v2.10.0

• Changes to make tool compliant to new trademark guidelines.
• No new features or bugfixes.

Add-on name is now "Mirrorlake Excel Importer" (formerly "Mirrorlake Jira2Excel Importer").

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v2.9.0

• Bugfix #32: added support for custom field type "option-with-child"

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v2.8.0

• Bugfix #31: workog import showed date when work was logged, not when it was started.
• Bugfix #30: import of more than 20 worklog items possible
• Feature #29: added suppport for US dates (yyyy-MM-dd)

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v2.5.0

• Feature: supporting configuration fiels for handling of multiple Jira® servers
• Feature: user names are shown as real names instead of Jira® account names
• Bugfix #28: data from custom single choice select lists always empty
• Improvement: better performance when looking up linked epic names

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v2.4.0

• Feature: import of unlimited number of tickets
• Feature: worklog mode (1 line per worklog entry possible)

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v2.3.2

• Feature #25: added support for importing parent keys for subtask issues
• Feature #24: epic link: show epic name instead of key

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v2.2.9

• Improvement: Deactivated key check during url modification.
• Improvement: Improved error message for wrong Jira® server URL.
• Bugfix: Fixed localization issue with auth key
• Bugfix: Fixed issue with Windows10 kompatibility.

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