Yandex Tracker release notes: February 2023

• Setting up a color palette on a project's Gantt chart
• Displaying external blockers in a list of issues on a project's Gantt chart
• Workflow templates
• Automatically adding issues to a board
• Using a planning poker on a board
• Retaining a list of projects
• Displaying files attached to an issue
• Dashboard access rights
• Additional mailbox settings

Setting up a color palette on a project's Gantt chartSetting up a color palette on a project's Gantt chart

You can now set up the issue color manually on a project's Gantt chart. To do this, click Chart settings and select Color: manual. To choose the issue color, hover over its name in the table row on the left and click → Choose color.

Displaying external blockers in a list of issues on a project's Gantt chartDisplaying external blockers in a list of issues on a project's Gantt chart

If an issue has blockers outside the current project, you will see the icon with their number to the left of the issue bar.

You can now enable displaying external blockers in the issue list. To do so, go to  Chart settings and select Show external blockers. They will be shown in gray under the dependent issue in the issue list. If you selected to display issues as a hierarchy, the blockers will be shown under the issue branch.

Workflow templatesWorkflow templates

To set up your workflow, you can now use templates that contain ready-made sets of tools. Currently, the Project management, Development, Support, and Basic templates are available.

You can create a workflow from a template under My page using the Workflow templates widget.

Automatically adding issues to a boardAutomatically adding issues to a board

You can now set up new boards so that they automatically display new issues from a filter.
To do this, click Settings in the top-right corner of your board and select Automatic issues import and removal. Next, set the filter parameters under Adding issues to the board.

Using a planning poker on a boardUsing a planning poker on a board

Scrum boards in the new interface now support planning poker, a tool for estimating issue complexity in collaboration with team members. Estimates are made using a deck of cards with a different number of Story Points.

To set the planning poker parameters, click Settings in the top-right corner of the board and select Poker.

Retaining a list of projectsRetaining a list of projects

Now, when setting up a filter for a list of projects, both the filter parameters and the selected preset (My projects, Created by me, etc.) are retained. The preset is restored when you open the All projects page again.

Displaying files attached to an issueDisplaying files attached to an issue

Files attached from comments are now displayed in the Attachments tab. If files are added directly to an issue, they are only displayed in its summary.

Dashboard access rightsDashboard access rights

The Tracker new interface now also allows you to change the owner of a dashboard and set up user permissions for it.

Additional mailbox settingsAdditional mailbox settings

When setting up email integration, you can now set additional parameters for processing emails:

• Inbox folder.
• Archive folder.
• Start date of email processing.

The settings are only available for email addresses registered with an arbitrary mail server.