Introduction
With each new release of our Cloud-hosted plugins, we endeavour to reduce disparities in functionality and customization that exist between them and our Server-hosted versions. However, due to technical prerequisites and limitations of Jira Cloud, inevitable variances remain.
SoftwarePlant's Server-hosted BigPicture remains the gold standard, serving as a point of reference towards which its Cloud-hosted equivalent should be developed.
This document examines such disparities by comparing and contrasting the features and functionalities of Cloud- to Server-hosted modules of BigPicture and BigPicture Enterprise.
Due to the fact that BigPicture includes all of BigGantt's functionalities, BigGantt was intentionally missed out in the below comparison.
Modules
| Module | BigPicture Cloud | BigPicture Server |
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| Gantt | YES | YES |
| Scope | YES | YES |
| Board 1 | NO | YES |
| Board 2.0 | YES | YES |
| SAFe® Roadmap | YES 4 | YES 4 |
| Resources | YES | YES |
| Risks | YES | YES |
| Teams | YES | YES |
| Metrics 2 | NO | NO |
1 Previously referred to as 'Roadmap'. As this module in not available to Cloud users synchronization of tasks time periods is also not available currently.
2 Available in BigPicture Enterprise only.
The list of missing functionalities in BigPicture Cloud
| Module | Key difference | Explanation | Preview |
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| Gantt | Create Jira sub-task not available on Cloud | Atlassian Connect Jira JavaScript API does not provide such a functionality. |
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| Gantt | Create Gantt sub-task not available on Cloud | Atlassian API does not provide such a functionality. |
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| Gantt | Detail View not available on Cloud | Atlassian API does not provide such a functionality. Ticket on Atlassian's end: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-69721 |
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| Gantt | "Icons" and "Type" fields are not available on Cloud | - |
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| Risks / Gantt | Edit Risk (Pencil Icon) / Edit Issue dialog not available on Cloud. | Atlassian Connect Jira JavaScript API does not provide such a functionality. |
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| Global configuration | Program configuration | Atlassian's REST API for Jira project creation does not allow to point out which fieldScheme, taskTypeScheme and screenScheme should be used. Hence, no point to allow the user to change settings within 'Program configuration' if those are not taken into account by API. |
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| Global configuration | "Risk consequence" and "Risk probability" fields are locked. | Atlassian's REST API allows the plugin to add Select List (single choice)-type of fields on installation only when they are locked. Due to that, Risk consequence and Risk probability fields remain non-editable. |
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| Global configuration (WBS configuration) | No UI conditions mechanism for Jira Cloud. |
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| Global configuration (Technical Info) | Support data | Due to the nature of Jira Cloud hosting. |
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| Administration | Custom actions | Available in BigPicture Enterprise only. |
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| Administration | Menu | Not available. |
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| Administration | Synchronize with Tempo | Not available. |
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| Program Manager (Program Wizard) | Create new Jira Project | Atlassian's REST API for Jira project creation does not allow to set a default screenScheme and as a result it is impossible to point out which screenScheme should be used. During project creation, Jira assigns a dedicated screenScheme which does not include fields brought by BigPicture. This is reflected in the lack of possibility to update tasks' periods. In consequence, every Program created that way would be useless as tasks' periods wouldn't be retained. Hence, our decision to keep this option unavailable. |
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| Confluence | Gadgets | Removed from Jira Cloud on July 7th, 2017. Details can be found here. | - |
| Dashboards | Gadgets | Will be added soon. | - |
| All | Keyboard Shortcuts 1 | Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box can be displayed by pressing '?' ('Shift + /'). |
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1 'Global shortcuts' from this page are unavailable.
If you have any further questions or are still in doubt why certain options or features remain inaccessible, please do not hesitate to contact us at support@softwareplant.com.