Rally Office Hours:
May 7, 2026

Summary

Product announcements

• The speaker provided a tip on using external AI tools like Gemini or Claude to generate code for custom HTML widgets in Rally (06:12).
• Rally now features integrated AI capabilities to assist users in creating user stories and tasks, as well as breaking down portfolio items (29:29).
• New AI configuration settings allow subscription administrators to control how AI is used and manage how customer data is handled (31:01).
• Academy courses are now available for integrating Rally and Jira using ConnectAll, including specific training for frictionless cost accounting in Clarity (48:07).

Q&A

• A user asked about adding rich text or informational widgets to custom views, and the team demonstrated using the "context text field editor" widget (21:01).
• The team clarified that to make a widget span the whole screen, it should be the only widget added to a horizontal section (22:52).
• A question was raised about finding a list of available APIs, and the team pointed toward the Rally Web Services API documentation and lookback API links found in the help menu (25:53).
• The team discussed how to provide free-form quarterly text updates for different teams, suggesting the use of a custom view's description field as a current workaround (32:24).

Event news

• A kickoff session for the Insights community exchange is scheduled for May 28th to help users connect and bolster their analytics knowledge (44:12).
• Recordings from the recent Trailblazer Summit, which focused on the use of AI in the workplace, are now available on demand (46:12).
• The next product roadmap session is scheduled to take place in approximately one and a half weeks (47:02).
• An on-demand recording titled "The AI Productivity Paradox in Software Development" is currently available for viewing (47:36).

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