Rally Office Hours:
April 23, 2026

Summary

Product announcements

• Custom Page to Custom View transition tools: New tools are available to help users move legacy custom pages into the new custom views framework with a one-click conversion process (03:52).
• Banner notifications: Users with page-editing permissions will see a banner on legacy pages indicating that the page will be deprecated and how many of its apps are eligible for automatic conversion (05:21).
• Placeholder widgets: For apps that cannot yet be automatically converted, the tool creates a placeholder widget that retains the original configuration data for future potential updates (06:53).
• Legacy custom pages management: New categories and filters—such as "In Progress," "Replaced," and "Zero Traffic"—have been added to the legacy custom pages area to help administrators track migration progress (10:18).
• Updated documentation: Technical documentation has been overhauled to include a "supported conversion" column for legacy apps and provides instructions for manually building replacements for non-convertible apps (12:34).

Q&A

• Editing numeric fields in rich text widgets: The panel addressed a current limitation where the context rich text widget only supports text, suggesting that users could customize the open-source code via GitHub to add numeric field functionality (17:14).
• Filtering iterations by release: A specific query for view filter substitution was provided to allow a custom list of iterations to automatically filter based on the page's selected release scope (19:22).
• Copy-pasting queries from chat: The team noted that copying queries from chat platforms can introduce "invalid format" errors; they recommended retyping double quotes manually to resolve these issues (23:16).
• Transitioning saved views: During page conversion, workspace-shared and project-shared saved views are supported, but private saved views do not transition because they are not globally accessible on shared pages (26:10).
• Rank versus state changes: It was clarified that moving a card between lanes on a team board changes its state while maintaining its relative rank within that column; changing both at once is not a single-step action (29:01).
• Alternative ranking methods: Attendees discussed using numeric fields like WSJF (Weighted Shortest Job First) to sort lists as an alternative to manual drag-and-drop ranking, noting that saved views can preserve these custom sort orders (31:51).

Event news

• AI and productivity webcasts: Upcoming webinars such as "The Age of AI" and "AI Productivity Paradox" will explore the integration and practical impact of artificial intelligence (34:43).
• Rally roadmap webinar: A roadmap update is scheduled for the 19th, providing insight into the motivations behind upcoming features for the next several quarters (35:04).
• Strategic portfolio management (SPM) metrics: An on-demand session is available for users to learn more about aligning and understanding metrics within the SPM framework (35:55).
• Community engagement: Users were encouraged to join the Rally community, register for the monthly newsletter, and use the provided QR code for future office hours (36:26).

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