Rally Office Hours:
July 30, 2026

Summary

Product announcements

• Query counter widget: This new widget replaces the query counter app and rich text apps, supporting new features like drill downs and simple math calculations (06:16).
• Print cards functionality: This option has been added to the custom list widget, allowing users to select and print up to 200 cards as a direct replacement for the legacy story and test card apps (08:24).
• Chart widget updates: The bar, column, and pie chart widgets have been updated with flexible color configuration options, palette sorting, and new category or label display settings (09:46).
• Custom page migration: The migration process to replace custom pages with widgets is steadily progressing and currently stands at 38.1% completion (11:10).
• Future widget releases: Replacement widgets for the kanban board and milestone burnup app are scheduled for release soon, with early access opportunities available (12:42).

Q&A

• Finding deep copy: A user requested where to find the deep copy option since the legacy app is deprecated, and the speaker demonstrated accessing it from the actions menu within a portfolio item (13:56).
• Custom view authors: An attendee asked how to identify the creator of a custom view, and the speaker explained that this data can be viewed via the revision history option in the upper right kebab menu (17:50).
• Team hovering details: A user proposed adding hover bubble tooltips to display rich text descriptions of what individual teams do, which product management accepted as enhancement feedback (19:53).
• Consolidated release reporting: A participant inquired about creating a high-level holistic report for resource allocation and sprint completion statuses across a quarterly release, and the team demonstrated how to filter and stack data using custom bar chart views (26:56).
• Clarity integration mapping: A user asked if they could dynamically sync different portfolio hierarchy depths between Rally and Clarity using ConnectALL, and the team confirmed this is supported through context-based multi-project automations (36:04).
• Velocity throughput widgets: In response to an inquiry for updates, the speaker noted that the artifact velocity widget is currently live with a few pending defect fixes, and a portfolio throughput widget is in active testing (43:34).

Event news

• Roadmap session: The Rally Q3 roadmap session featuring the head of product is open for registrations to cover upcoming features (40:49).
• Scaling framework webinar: An upcoming session in September will feature experts discussing how to scale frameworks cleanly with governance, security, and an AI focus (41:17).
• Legacy page webinar: An on-demand webinar is available to guide users through auditing legacy pages and rebuilding them as modern custom views (42:02).
• Broadcom Academy: Free educational training courses are available online covering introductory Agile metrics, capacity planning, and foundational product use (42:50).

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