Rally Office Hours:
August 13, 2026

Summary

Product announcements

• Deprecation plan: The release planning page is scheduled to be deprecated due to its dated UX, and users are advised to transition to the release planning board widget by creating a custom view (05:25).
• Action required: Users must manually transition to the new custom views as there will be no automatic redirection once the page is deprecated (06:24).
• Upcoming widget: The milestone burnup/burndown widget will be released soon, with early access available for interested users next week (06:51).
• Migration progress: Custom page migration has leveled off or slightly dropped by 1.2% from the previous week, making the upcoming October 31st goal look very aggressive (07:51).
• Additional widget access: Early access is also available for the Kanban board widget to help users convert their Kanban pages (09:23).

Q&A

• Iteration burndown view: A user expressed complaints about the custom view line chart for the iteration burndown, stating that business users prefer a traditional bar chart view (11:19).
• Historical widget solutions: The speaker noted that the current column chart only displays real-time data, but suggested an upcoming historical aggregation widget might resolve the user's need (13:18).
• High-level leadership reporting: An attendee requested suggestions for high-level, bi-weekly reporting for over 80 teams to show which features or teams are struggling without relying on sprint-based metrics (16:38).
• Portfolio tracking tools: The speaker recommended utilizing the release tracking page, milestone confidence metrics, and upcoming portfolio item confidence features to provide macro-level visibility (19:17).
• Insights dashboard option: The speaker highlighted the insights platform as an alternative way to track long-term lagging goals and define custom leading indicators (23:05).
• Custom flow states default: A participant asked if a custom flow state could be set as the default view for a specific team or node on the portfolio Kanban board so users do not have to manually toggle it (25:50).
• View preservation behavior: The speaker explained that Rally currently saves state management preferences to the local user profile rather than forcing a node-level default, and advised submitting feedback (8:06).
• Conversion tracking difficulties: A user reported issues tracking legacy page conversions because completed pages cannot be manually marked as resolved unless processed through the automatic tool (33:40).
• Convert button availability: The speaker clarified that the conversion button disappears if a page contains unsupported custom apps or if the user lacks proper project administrator permissions (38:52).
• Locating workspace fields: A participant asked how to locate custom fields for risks to find a reference for a script (38:01).
• Field filtering tip: The speaker demonstrated that selecting the correct filter dropdown at the workspace level reveals specific risk fields that are otherwise hidden when stuck on other item types (39:14).
• Bulk delete failure: An attendee reported that trying to bulk delete a large number of unshared legacy pages causes the system to hang indefinitely (40:47).
• Defect confirmation: The speaker and another participant confirmed this behavior is a defect, noting that even small batches can fail if a single object is locked, and recommended opening a support case (41:46).

Event news

• Product roadmap session: A presentation on the product roadmap is scheduled for August 18th on the BrightTALK channel following the engineering team's recent planning session (44:29).
• Scaled agile webinar: An upcoming panel discussion on BrightTALK will focus on how delivery data matters when scaling with the agile framework and incorporating AI into work practices (45:20).
• Migration workshop recording: The recording of a workshop dedicated to mastering the transition from custom pages to custom views is available for users rushing to meet the October 31st deadline (45:54).
• Software academy resources: Users are encouraged to join the Broadcom Software Academy to access foundational training materials and weekly office hours recordings (46:51).
• Community engagement opportunities: QR codes were provided to help users join the Rally community, register for future office hours, and subscribe to the monthly newsletter (47:18).

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