What's new in Mingle
What's new in Release 2.3
Mingle 2.3 has, in addition to many usability enhancements and bug fixes, the following new features:
Introducing card ranking
Mingle 2.3 introduces the concept of 'card ranking' in the grid view. It provides the ability to rank and prioritize cards by positional ordering in a grid lane. This allows you to simulate ranking, as you would using a physical card wall, on Mingle's card walls.
Click here to read about the card ranking.
Enhanced card printing
You can now print a single Mingle card including the entire Mingle description, all properties and comments.
Click here to learn more about printing cards in Mingle.
Increased avaliability of project variables
We now support the use of project variables in card defaults, card property value selectors on single cards and in the bulk editor, card transition pop-ups and as the value of more Mingle macro parameters.
Click here to find out where you can use project variables in Mingle.
Enhanced reporting features
Mingle already supports the ability to generate charts for multiple projects in a single project. In 2.3, Mingle allows you to report on multiple projects in a single chart by adding cross project support at the series level on Data Series and Stack Bar charts.
Click here to learn about cross project reporting in Mingle.
In Mingle 2.3 we have extended the Mingle Macro Development Toolkit by allowing custom macros to output JavaScript.
Click here to learn more about building a customized macro.
Transitions & Workflow
Card transitions can now be filtered by card type and property allowing you to easily find specific transitions and see how they relate to one another in a workflow.
Click here to read about the transition filters.
Mingle 2.3 introduces the ability to 'Generate a transition workflow'. This helps users to generate transitions according to their specific workflow.
Click here to read about the transition workflow generator.
Database support
Mingle now supports Oracle 10g.
Click here to learn about using Mingle with Oracle.
Easier upgrades and enhanced configuration
In Mingle 2.3, many configuration options have been moved from the installation to the Mingle data directory which means upgrading your Mingle instance and keeping your existing configuration between upgrades is now much easier.
Click here to learn about configuring Mingle.
Click here to learn more about Mingle's advanced configuration options.
Automatic user management
Mingle 2.3 now includes an option to automatically enroll all existing and new users of the Mingle instance as team members of a project. This reduces the need for manual user management on global projects where all users should be team members.
Click here to read about adding all users as team members.
What's new in Release 2.2
Mingle 2.2 has, in addition to many usability enhancements and bug fixes, the following new features:
New reporting features and enhancements
The Mingle Macro Development Toolkit provides users the ability to write custom reports and visualizations against Mingle project data.
Click here to read about building your own macros.
All charts now support sizing parameters, ensuring that all labels, legends and axes can be seen.
Click here to read about charting syntax.
Card quick add enhancements
We've listened to user feedback and have simplified the card quick add feature. Card quick add is now decoupled from property filters, and card defaults are always applied.
Click here to read about the card quick add enhancements.
New API features
The REST API now includes the ability to add, update, or remove attachments.
Click here to read about the attachments API.
The REST API now includes the ability to create and update wiki pages.
Click here to read about the wiki API.
Ability to delete a card that is a member of a tree
A card's membership in one or more trees will no longer prevent its deletion.
Click here to read about deleting cards from a tree.
User and project team management enhancements
The user and project team pages now have pagination and search capabilities to ease user management.
Click here to read about managing users in Mingle.
Click here to read about managing project team members.
Enhanced Subversion source integration
Mingle 2.2 now supports source integration with Subversion 1.5.
Click here to read more about Mingle source repository integration.
What's new in Release 2.1
Mingle 2.1 has, in addition to many usability enhancements and bug fixes, the following new features.
New transition features
Moving cards on the card wall can now trigger transitions that you have set up for your project. This gives you all the benefits of using the card wall, without having to worry about cards getting into an inconsistent state.
Click here to read more about automated transitions in the grid view.
Use transitions to automatically drop cards from a tree, and to optionally set values during transition execution. These features give you more flexibility than ever before in designing your project workflow.
Click here to read more about transitions in Mingle.
Support for read-only and anonymous users
Recognizing the many requests we have had for these features, Mingle now supports two new kinds of user access. Read-only team members can be configured on a per-project basis and have a much more restricted set of options when it comes to editing and updating information. In addition, a project can be configured to have anonymous access which allows a project to be accessed by a user that does not have a login in Mingle.
Click here to read more about the different user roles in Mingle.
Mingle 2.1 supports Anonymous Access, but this is a premium feature that is not part of the general access release. Please contact ThoughtWorks Studios for additional details about this feature, and pricing details for the same.
New reporting features
MQL supports a new syntax for a macro to refer to the card that it is contained in. The "THIS CARD" syntax in a macro on a card allows the macro to refer to the card itself. Used in conjunction with the existing feature of card type defaults, this allows you to create template reports that come into existence the minute you create a new card of that type.
Also new in MQL is a new syntax to print the value of a Project Variable.
Click here to read more about these MQL features in 2.1.
All pivot table links have now been enabled. Using the flexibility of the new MQL filtering feature, all links now point to the exact set of cards that created them.
Click here to read more about pivot tables in Mingle.
MQL based filtering
Harness the full power of the same MQL language that you use for reporting and charting to filter your cards. In cases where the interactive filter does not suffice, or when the conditions are too complex to be expressed through the interactive filters, there is now a more concise option.
Click here to read more about filtering by MQL.
Enhanced hierarchy views
With the 2.1 release of Mingle, the hierarchy view introduces new features including the ability to sort by various columns and keep track of collapsed and expanded states of various levels of the hierarchy.
Click here to read more about the hierarchy view.
A brand new tree view
Mingle 2.1 comes with a revised tree view, which simultaneously allows you to see more of your tree, while affording better navigation with zooming and panning features. All existing features including the ability to quickly build up your tree and modify its structure, continue to work with the new layout.
Click here to read more about the tree view.
New API features
The REST API to fetch cards now allows you to fetch, in a single request, all cards in a particular project, in addition to supporting an easy paging mechanism, should you wish to use it that way. This allows extension/plugin writers to use the the API is a much more flexible way.
Click here to read about the cards API and enhancements.
Full Card Property Support
Mingle 2.1 introduces the ability to create properties of type ‘Card’. These card relationship properties allow you to link cards together without the need to create a tree.
Click here to read about card relationship properties.
Help! Everyone is read only
With the addition of read-only and anonymous users in Mingle 2.1 we have made some updates to our licenses. If you have an expired or invalid license all users will be made read-only.
Click here to read more about Mingle licensing and resolving any licensing issues.
If you aren't familiar with the Release 2.0.1 of Mingle, check out the section below.
What's new in Release 2.0.1
The following, in addition to many enhancements across the board, are the new features in Release 2.0.1 of Mingle.
Support for Perforce integration
With the 2.0.1 release of Mingle, we support Perforce in addition to Subversion as a version control system. All the power and features that users have grown to know and love with our Subversion integration are now available with Perforce too.
Click here to read more about configuring Perforce integration for your project.
Single sign on support for JA-SIG Central Authentication Service
Support for Single Sign On is provided through a plugin. This authentication plugin supports the JA-SIG Central Authentication Service.
Click here to read more about configuring single sign on.
Get a list of all projects through the API
The REST API can now be used to query a Mingle instance for all projects on it.
Click here to read more about the Mingle REST API.
Mingle now comes with all the help documentation packaged
For when you don't have access to online help, Mingle now comes with the exact same help as you will find online on our site.
Please note though, that the online help will be updated on a fairly regular basis, and so will be more up-to-date than the packaged help. But you can still use the packaged help as a fallback mechanism for when internet access is not available.
You can access your local help at http://your.mingle.instance:port/help/index.html
If you aren't familiar with the Release 2.0 of Mingle, check out the section below.
What's new in Release 2.0
These are the great new features and other improvements delivered in Release 2.0 of Mingle
Card trees - a new way of working with cards in Mingle
Card trees allow the creation, viewing and manipulation of hierarchies of card types.
You can view cards in a tree using two new views, Tree view and Hierarchy view.
Click here to read more about working with card trees.
Aggregate properties
You can create aggregate properties to display the Sum, Average, Min or Max of properties of descendant cards, or Count of descendant cards in a card tree.
Aggregate values can be viewed in the column header in Grid view.
Click here to read more about working with aggregate properties.
RESTful API
Mingle now provides a RESTful API which allows you to integrate it with other systems.
Click here to read more about the Mingle API.
Project level variables
Set project level variables that can be used in MQL, transitions and filters
Click here to read more about working with project level variables.
Formula properties
You can now create formula properties, where the property value is derived from the values of other card properties. Formulas can refer to card properties or project level variables and can operate on numeric or date values.
Click here to read more about working with formula properties.
Cross project reporting
You can now create consolidated reports across a set of projects.
Click here to read more about cross project reporting.
Customizing card types
- Card Defaults for individual Card types
- Reordering of display properties on cards by Card type
Click here to read more about changes to card types.
Charts and tables in Card descriptions
You can now include MQL and macros (graphs and tables) in card descriptions
- Create a table which lists all defects that are children of the current story
- Create a pie or data-series chart that shows what proportion of an iteration or sprint's cards are completed
Favorites and tabs
Saved views have been renamed to Favorites in Mingle 2.0. You can now create favorite wiki pages as well as favorite card views. Both kinds of favorite can be made into tabs.
Wiki features
- Wiki Toolbar and New Preview Pane for Wikis and Cards
- Wikis as Favorites and Tabs
- Recently Viewed Pages panel for Wiki pages
- Support for multiple attachment uploads on Wiki pages
- New Data Series Chart (Trending up and Down, Data Points and Labels, Multi-Bar Charts)
Click here to read more about using the new wiki features.
Standard Mingle templates
You can see how the new features of Mingle 2.0 have been incorporated and used in the standard Mingle templates.
Click here to read more about standard Mingle templates.
Enhanced Subversion integration
- Easier integration with multi-project Subversion repositories
- Support of certificate based login for Subversion
Click here to read more about configuring Subversion integration.
Authentication
- Support for group authentication in the LDAP plugin
SMTP
- SMTP TLS encryption
- SMTP Configuration Console
Click here to read more about configuring Mingle's connection to your SMTP server.
If you aren't familiar with the Release 2.0 of Mingle, check out the section below.
What's new in Release 2.0
These are the great new features and other improvements delivered in Release 2.0 of Mingle
Card trees - a new way of working with cards in Mingle
Card trees allow the creation, viewing and manipulation of hierarchies of card types.
You can view cards in a tree using two new views, Tree view and Hierarchy view.
Click here to read more about working with card trees.
Aggregate properties
You can create aggregate properties to display the Sum, Average, Min or Max of properties of descendant cards, or Count of descendant cards in a card tree.
Aggregate values can be viewed in the column header in Grid view.
Click here to read more about working with aggregate properties.
RESTful API
Mingle now provides a RESTful API which allows you to integrate it with other systems.
Click here to read more about the Mingle API.
Project level variables
Set project level variables that can be used in MQL, transitions and filters
Click here to read more about working with project level variables.
Formula properties
You can now create formula properties, where the property value is derived from the values of other card properties. Formulas can refer to card properties or project level variables and can operate on numeric or date values.
Click here to read more about working with formula properties.
Cross project reporting
You can now create consolidated reports across a set of projects.
Click here to read more about cross project reporting.
Customizing card types
- Card Defaults for individual Card types
- Reordering of display properties on cards by Card type
Click here to read more about changes to card types.
Charts and tables in Card descriptions
You can now include MQL and macros (graphs and tables) in card descriptions
- Create a table which lists all defects that are children of the current story
- Create a pie or data-series chart that shows what proportion of an iteration or sprint's cards are completed
Favorites and tabs
Saved views have been renamed to Favorites in Mingle 2.0. You can now create favorite wiki pages as well as favorite card views. Both kinds of favorite can be made into tabs.
Wiki features
- Wiki Toolbar and New Preview Pane for Wikis and Cards
- Wikis as Favorites and Tabs
- Recently Viewed Pages panel for Wiki pages
- Support for multiple attachment uploads on Wiki pages
- New Data Series Chart (Trending up and Down, Data Points and Labels, Multi-Bar Charts)
Click here to read more about using the new wiki features.
Standard Mingle templates
You can see how the new features of Mingle 2.0 have been incorporated and used in the standard Mingle templates.
Click here to read more about standard Mingle templates.
Enhanced Subversion integration
- Easier integration with multi-project Subversion repositories
- Support of certificate based login for Subversion
Click here to read more about configuring Subversion integration.
Authentication
- Support for group authentication in the LDAP plugin
SMTP
- SMTP TLS encryption
- SMTP Configuration Console
Click here to read more about configuring Mingle's connection to your SMTP server.
What's new in Release 2.0.1
The following, in addition to many enhancements across the board, are the new features in Release 2.0.1 of Mingle.
Support for Perforce integration
With the 2.0.1 release of Mingle, we support Perforce in addition to Subversion as a version control system. All the power and features that users have grown to know and love with our Subversion integration are now available with Perforce too.
Click here to read more about configuring Perforce integration for your project.
Single sign on support for JA-SIG Central Authentication Service
Support for Single Sign On is provided through a plugin. This authentication plugin supports the JA-SIG Central Authentication Service.
Click here to read more about configuring single sign on.
Get a list of all projects through the API
The REST API can now be used to query a Mingle instance for all projects on it.
Click here to read more about the Mingle REST API.
Mingle now comes with all the help documentation packaged
For when you don't have access to online help, Mingle now comes with the exact same help as you will find online on our site.
Please note though, that the online help will be updated on a fairly regular basis, and so will be more up-to-date than the packaged help. But you can still use the packaged help as a fallback mechanism for when internet access is not available.
You can access your local help at http://your.mingle.instance:port/help/index.html
If you aren't familiar with the Release 2.0 of Mingle, check out the section below.
What's new in Release 2.0
These are the great new features and other improvements delivered in Release 2.0 of Mingle
Card trees - a new way of working with cards in Mingle
Card trees allow the creation, viewing and manipulation of hierarchies of card types.
You can view cards in a tree using two new views, Tree view and Hierarchy view.
Click here to read more about working with card trees.
Aggregate properties
You can create aggregate properties to display the Sum, Average, Min or Max of properties of descendant cards, or Count of descendant cards in a card tree.
Aggregate values can be viewed in the column header in Grid view.
Click here to read more about working with aggregate properties.
RESTful API
Mingle now provides a RESTful API which allows you to integrate it with other systems.
Click here to read more about the Mingle API.
Project level variables
Set project level variables that can be used in MQL, transitions and filters
Click here to read more about working with project level variables.
Formula properties
You can now create formula properties, where the property value is derived from the values of other card properties. Formulas can refer to card properties or project level variables and can operate on numeric or date values.
Click here to read more about working with formula properties.
Cross project reporting
You can now create consolidated reports across a set of projects.
Click here to read more about cross project reporting.
Customizing card types
- Card Defaults for individual Card types
- Reordering of display properties on cards by Card type
Click here to read more about changes to card types.
Charts and tables in Card descriptions
You can now include MQL and macros (graphs and tables) in card descriptions
- Create a table which lists all defects that are children of the current story
- Create a pie or data-series chart that shows what proportion of an iteration or sprint's cards are completed
Favorites and tabs
Saved views have been renamed to Favorites in Mingle 2.0. You can now create favorite wiki pages as well as favorite card views. Both kinds of favorite can be made into tabs.
Wiki features
- Wiki Toolbar and New Preview Pane for Wikis and Cards
- Wikis as Favorites and Tabs
- Recently Viewed Pages panel for Wiki pages
- Support for multiple attachment uploads on Wiki pages
- New Data Series Chart (Trending up and Down, Data Points and Labels, Multi-Bar Charts)
Click here to read more about using the new wiki features.
Standard Mingle templates
You can see how the new features of Mingle 2.0 have been incorporated and used in the standard Mingle templates.
Click here to read more about standard Mingle templates.
Enhanced Subversion integration
- Easier integration with multi-project Subversion repositories
- Support of certificate based login for Subversion
Click here to read more about configuring Subversion integration.
Authentication
- Support for group authentication in the LDAP plugin
SMTP
- SMTP TLS encryption
- SMTP Configuration Console
Click here to read more about configuring Mingle's connection to your SMTP server.
What's new in Release 2.0
These are the great new features and other improvements delivered in Release 2.0 of Mingle
Card trees - a new way of working with cards in Mingle
Card trees allow the creation, viewing and manipulation of hierarchies of card types.
You can view cards in a tree using two new views, Tree view and Hierarchy view.
Click here to read more about working with card trees.
Aggregate properties
You can create aggregate properties to display the Sum, Average, Min or Max of properties of descendant cards, or Count of descendant cards in a card tree.
Aggregate values can be viewed in the column header in Grid view.
Click here to read more about working with aggregate properties.
RESTful API
Mingle now provides a RESTful API which allows you to integrate it with other systems.
Click here to read more about the Mingle API.
Project level variables
Set project level variables that can be used in MQL, transitions and filters
Click here to read more about working with project level variables.
Formula properties
You can now create formula properties, where the property value is derived from the values of other card properties. Formulas can refer to card properties or project level variables and can operate on numeric or date values.
Click here to read more about working with formula properties.
Cross project reporting
You can now create consolidated reports across a set of projects.
Click here to read more about cross project reporting.
Customizing card types
- Card Defaults for individual Card types
- Reordering of display properties on cards by Card type
Click here to read more about changes to card types.
Charts and tables in Card descriptions
You can now include MQL and macros (graphs and tables) in card descriptions
- Create a table which lists all defects that are children of the current story
- Create a pie or data-series chart that shows what proportion of an iteration or sprint's cards are completed
Favorites and tabs
Saved views have been renamed to Favorites in Mingle 2.0. You can now create favorite wiki pages as well as favorite card views. Both kinds of favorite can be made into tabs.
Wiki features
- Wiki Toolbar and New Preview Pane for Wikis and Cards
- Wikis as Favorites and Tabs
- Recently Viewed Pages panel for Wiki pages
- Support for multiple attachment uploads on Wiki pages
- New Data Series Chart (Trending up and Down, Data Points and Labels, Multi-Bar Charts)
Click here to read more about using the new wiki features.
Standard Mingle templates
You can see how the new features of Mingle 2.0 have been incorporated and used in the standard Mingle templates.
Click here to read more about standard Mingle templates.
Enhanced Subversion integration
- Easier integration with multi-project Subversion repositories
- Support of certificate based login for Subversion
Click here to read more about configuring Subversion integration.
Authentication
- Support for group authentication in the LDAP plugin
SMTP
- SMTP TLS encryption
- SMTP Configuration Console
Click here to read more about configuring Mingle's connection to your SMTP server.