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`	The `header` of a notification. Represents a short text which identifies the notification type. The following values are available: `Created`,`Assigned`, `Updated`, `Commented`, `Resolved`, `Tagged`, `Voted`, and so on. This variable is used in the default email subject template.
`from`	`User`	Represents notification sender's details
`to`	`User`	Represents notification recipient's details
`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 the 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 - a comment has been edited, false - a 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 built-in directives like the #list directive, you can define your own directives in Freemarker. For more information, see the User-Defined directives manual.

wiki - process embedded text using Wiki syntax and keywords. Directive applies 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, and so on) returns list of issues linked with source by the link of specified role
static list<string>	getLinkRoles(Issue source) returns all possible roles of links of the source issue
static string	getPossessiveName(User you, User from) returns "you" if you and from is the same user, and from user presentation otherwise
static string	getResolveStatus(Issue issue) returns "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: 30 March 2021