How do I display a JIRA description field in a Confluence page
Asked by Dave Thistlethwaite:

I want to summarise my user stories in a confluence page so that stakeholders can view and comment, but keep them away from the actual JIRA dev tickets

If I add the standard JIRA ticket link macro it shows the ticket number, status and summary

How can I show the description field ?


Answers:
author: Yuval Gershfeld
body: Hey [@Dave Thistlethw](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/947145)

You can try using an add-on like Jcreate that we created at Methoda, which allows you to create a Jira Issue from inside confluence while keeping the Jira experience. see:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224226/jcreate?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224226/jcreate?hosting=server&tab=overview)


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: The JIRA issues macro can show a list of issues based on a JQL query (instead of just a single issue key). You can modify the columns displayed in the dialog.

comments: author: Dave Thistlethwaite
body: So you say add a query that only returns one item and just display the description column ?


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Yes. Display as table and then you can add/remove columns as you like.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Using the display options.


author: Benjamin Rosen
body: Hi, I have the same question but am new to Confluence/JIRA. I was wondering whether you could explain to me how I would structure a JQL query that would return the description for a particular issue key. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction here!


author: Benjamin Rosen
body: Hi, I have the same question but am new to Confluence/JIRA. I was wondering if you could explain to me how I would structure a JQL query that would return the description for a particular issue key. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction here!


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: Hi Benjamin,

if you are looking for a specific issue, just enter the issue key and click the magnifier. A list of matching issues will be presented (only one in this case).  
Select the issue and click **Display options** and select **Table** . In field **Columns to display** , remove all columns you don't need and add **Description**.

Tested on Confluence 6.8.1.  
Hope this helps.

Cheers,  
Kirstin


author: MediosPublicitarios SA
body: Hi

There's a way to remove the title of the Jira issue macro table? I use it just like that, to show just one field, but i can't hide the title.

Thanks


author: Rawsan Mati
body: [@MediosPublicitarios SA](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2686299)

Did you sort this out?

I need to hide the title too and just show the description.

[https://tnckb94959.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/53178i2DFE5B5127C8F08A/image-size/large?v=1.0\&px=999](https://tnckb94959.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/53178i2DFE5B5127C8F08A/image-size/large?v=1.0&px=999)


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: IMHO this can't be done with the JIRA macro alone. If I had to do this, I'd

* wrap the JIRA macro in a div element (e.g. with a user macro or by using the Source Code Editor Add-on)
* apply a CSS class to the div element
* define some CSS on this class in your custom CSS that hides the table title.

Cheers,  
Kirstin


author: szn
body: \[ad alert\]

@ have just published a a plugin that allows you to to choose the fields to be presented on a CF page:

[Smart issue view for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224608/smart-issue-view-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&from=community "Confluence Cloud Marketplace plugin")

Obviously you can also show description's preview. Here is an example:

![Screenshot 2021-03-20 at 17.46.49.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/135254iCF7F2E749D39E1D7/image-dimensions/454x220?v=v2 "Screenshot 2021-03-20 at 17.46.49.png")

On top of that it is possible to edit the issue right on a Confluence page (embed issues are automatically refreshed).

Please note, that this is a cloud only plugin.