Create a MS Teams template

Navigate to the Templates tab >> click on Create button.

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Select the MS Teaams template

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This launches the the template builder/editor page where you can customize the template.

MS Teams template fields

Customise the MS Teams template

MS Teams uses adaptive card blocks to build messages with text, images, buttons, and more. We have provided the same structure here. You can customize the order and appearance of each block, including elements within them. Below are some blocks that are supported to design MS Teams template in ARNR.

This section won’t allow you to type anything manually. All the content that one wants to create, has to be created only through the available block options. For the MS Teams template, there are three content options as explained below -

Header

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title Header
Add image - You can add a thumbnail image in the header of the release notes message Image URL - Paste the URL of the image Header text - Add the header text, this is typically project name, heading of the announcement, etc. Description - Description of the header In the Header and Description text, you can use ARNR’s variables and custom variables. Image Added

Textbox

Text block. Here the user can insert plain text along with ARN variables and custom variables. Image Added

JQL Section

Variables

Custom variables

Preview a MS Teams template

Once done with all the editing, you can preview the template to make sure everything is in place and Release notes are accuratly created before sending them to the end user.

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Clicking on Preview, brings you to the preview page. Choose inputs based on variables, custom variables used JQL/s or template body & click Preview. This will generate the template preview.

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Click on Copy to Clipboard and paste the code into  MS teams adaptive card builder to see the exact preview of your template in MS Teams.

In MS teams adaptive card builder click on +CARD PAYLOAD EDITOR at the bottom of the screen and paste the code copied from preview screen.

Verify the release note content and make necessary changes if needed. Once the template is all set it's time to set Rules and Actions. Rules are the same as it is for any other template. In case of the action read https://amoeboids.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ARN/pages/edit-v2/304807972#Send-to-MS-teams for more details.

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1 is the containt coming Header block, 2 shows the content coming from Text box and 3 shows the content fetched based on JQL section’s configurations with a tabular layout.

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