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Last updated Nov 23, 2023

Show Attachments

Learn about showing attachments in Request Details View.

The Show Attachments functionality allows you to facilitate the work with attachments added to your requests. You can enable the functionality in order to display the panel with attachments in Request Details View on the Customer Portal and easily access all added files.

Configuring Show Attachments

To configure the functionality which allows for showing attachments in the Request Details View, follow the below steps.

Note

Before you start, make sure that the Attachment field is added to the Request type which should display the panel with attachments. To check your settings, navigate to Project Settings > Request Types > Edit fields > Add a field.

Steps

  1. Choose Projects from the main navigation bar.
  2. Select the service project you want to configure.
Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal
Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal
  1. From the service project sidebar, select Project settings > General in the Extension for Jira Service Management section.
  2. Go to the Show Attachments section.
  3. Turn on the toggle next to Show attachments.
Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal
Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal

Result

The Show Attachments option is enabled so the panel with attachments is displayed in Request Details View on the Customer Portal.

Using Show Attachments

The Attachments panel can display attachments from requests raised via Customer Portal as well as attachments added in Issue View in Jira.

Attachments in requests

You can check how the Attachments panel works by raising a request on the Customer Portal and adding files to your request form.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal
Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal

Once your request is sent, the panel with attachments is displayed in Request Details View.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal
Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal

Attachments in issues

The attachments added in Issue View can also be displayed on the Customer Portal in Request Details View.

Warning

To display your attachments on the Customer Portal, click the Share with customer button by adding a file in the Jira issue.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Add Attachments in Issue View
Extension for Jira Service Management - Add Attachments in Issue View
Extension for Jira Service Management - Add Attachments in Issue View
Extension for Jira Service Management - Add Attachments in Issue View

Thanks to the Share with customer button, the attachments added in Issue View will be also visible in Request Details View on the Customer Portal.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Attachments in Request Details View
Extension for Jira Service Management - Attachments in Request Details View

Info

If no attachments are added to the issue which is shared with customer or to the request, the Attachments panel won’t appear on the Customer Portal.

Next steps

The Customer Portal users by accessing the Attachments panel in Request Details View can click on the selected attachment to download it. It’s also possible to download all attachments in the ZIP file at once by clicking Download all.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal
Extension for Jira Service Management - Show Attachments in the request details view on the Customer Portal
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