Usage

After installing and starting the trial period, the app will add a custom field name UML text to the Jira instance.

The first step is to add the custom field UML text to issue types and projects.

For classic Jira projects

Associate the UML field to issue screens

Navigate to the Custom fields page.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Search for the custom field UML text and add it to screens.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Add the UML panel to the issue screen

On an issue view, click on the “three dots” icon and select UML Diagrams.

For Next-gen Jira project

Click on Project settings on the left sidebar.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

On the Project settings page, click on Apps on the left sidebar.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Click on App fields on the left sidebar and enable Mermaid UML for Jira Cloud.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Go back to the Project settings page, click on Issue types on the left sidebar.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Drag the UML text field from the right sidebar and drop it into the Description fields area.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Add Mermaid UML graphs to an issue

Click on the Edit button.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Please do not edit the custom field itself. Whenever you want to add or modify graphs, please use the app’s Edit button.

The UML content is wrapped around by {uml}…{uml}. The diagram is defined using Mermaid. Mermaid (https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/) allows you to define UML diagrams in plain-text format just like Markdown. For a live editor to draft your diagrams, please try https://mermaidjs.github.io/mermaid-live-editor.

Sample content:

{uml}
sequenceDiagram
    participant Alice
    participant Bob
    Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
    loop Healthcheck
        John->>John: Fight against hypochondria
    end
    Note right of John: Rational thoughts <br/>prevail!
    John-->>Alice: Great!
    John->>Bob: How about you?
    Bob-->>John: Jolly good!
{uml}

{uml}
gantt
dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
excludes weekdays 2014-01-10

section A section
Completed task            :done,    des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
Active task               :active,  des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
Future task               :         des3, after des2, 5d
Future task2               :         des4, after des3, 5d
{uml}

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

After that, click Save.

Mermaid UML Diagrams and Graphviz Diagrams for Jira

Examples

Flowchart

Flowcharts can be rendered with Mermaid. See more https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/flowchart.

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Sequence diagram

Sequence diagrams can be rendered with Mermaid. See more https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/sequenceDiagram.

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Class diagram

Class diagrams can be rendered with Mermaid. See more https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/classDiagram.

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State diagram

State diagrams can be rendered with Mermaid. See more https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/stateDiagram.

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User Journey

User Journey can be rendered with Mermaid. See more https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/user-journey.

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Gantt chart

Gantt charts can be rendered with Mermaid. See more https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/gantt.

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Piechart

Pie charts can be rendered with Mermaid. See more https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/pie.

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