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User documentation - Better Attachments - Lite edition

Better Attachments Lite has one main entry point:

  • Project view

Project view

Accessing Better Attachments

The project-scoped view can be accessed through Jira Software or Jira Service Management navigation bars, in the place where all other marketplace applications are listed.

When clicking that menu item, after a short loading screen, you’ll be taken to the main project attachments screen.

Project attachments screen

Filters

To the very top of the project view you can define several filtering options:

  • Text filter
    • Will only show attachments matching the string in the text filter textbox
  • Author
    • Will only show attachments by the selected author(s)
  • Attachment Type
    • Will only show attachments of selected types

Table config

The attachments table shows a list of all attachments visible in the current context (Project). Columns can be used for sorting, they can be resized to your desired width.

The following columns are supported:

  • Selection
  • Icon
    • preview of the image, or mime-type icon of the attachment
  • Name
    • attachment file name
  • Size
    • attachment file size
  • Author
    • user who uploaded the attachment
  • Issue
    • Jira issue the file is attached to
  • Created
    • attachment upload timestamp

Bulk operations

By selecting multiple attachments through the checkboxes on every row, you gain access to bulk operations on those attachments.

You can

  • Delete multiple attachments
  • Download multiple attachments

Bulk download

When selecting many or large attachments, you will get the option to download them in multiple batches. Click each download link in sequence to download the corresponding batches.