What's new in Mingle

Mingle 3.1's new My favorites allow you to create and manage your own personal project favorites. Like Team favorites, My favorites, are a shortcut for you to quickly access your view, the project data and elements of the project workflow that are relevant to them.

Click here to read about creating My favorites.

Further to the new collaboration feature, Murmurs, that was introduced in Mingle 3.0, Mingle 3.1 has enhancements to this functionality to allow you to:

• return to the Murmurs tab from murmurs on cards
• create card comments as murmurs and automatically indicate the card where a murmur came from when displaying murmurs
• search for murmurs, both in global search and on the Murmurs tab

Click here to read about Murmurs.

Further to the existing THIS CARD functionality which allows you to create card specific reports easily, Mingle 3.1 provides increased ability to access values of a card's properties in MQL and macros using THIS CARD. This new functionality allows you to create more specific card related queries and charts that, when combined with card defaults, allows you to define your reports once and automatically have them available on each card as it is created.

Click here to read more about using THIS CARD in MQL. Click here to read more about using THIS CARD in Mingle's macros.

In addition to Mingle's existing history filters, you can now search for and subscribe to updates for any change to a particular property.

Click here to read more about the Mingle's history and subscriptions.

Mingle 3.1 allows Mingle and project admins to set a project as visible in the project list to non-project members. When this option is set, non-project members can request access to the project and admins will be notified of their request for access.

Click here to read about enabling request membership on your project.

Mingle 3.1 has a variety of different usability improvements:

Improvements to the Mingle views:

• ability to maximize list, grid, hierarchy and tree views and create maximized favorites
• ability to hide the card quick add when not in use

Other usability improvements:

• ability to navigate to a value of a card property from a card
• ability to navigate to card from the grid and tree views without having to open the card popup
• ability to use keyboard arrow keys to select values from property drop downs
• more card filters updated with the improved property value selector introduced in Mingle 3.0
• improved value selector for tree properties
• improved card comment formatting
• warn users of the consequences of changing a card's type

The Mingle API now supports formatting the results of the Execute MQL API in JSON and JSONP.

Click here to read more about the Execute MQL API.

The Mingle API now supports viewing and configuring Mercurial and Perforce source repositories.

Click here to read more about the SCM Configuration API.

Mingle 3.1 now supports working with PostgreSQL 8.4.

Click here to read more about Mingle's system requirements.

Murmurs are a new way to capture unstructured project and card information in Mingle. They allows the team to keep all relevant project and card information in one place, making contextually relevant information available for the whole team when it is needed.

Click here to read about Murmurs.

The Macro Editor is a new feature introduced in 3.0. It is an editor to help users to create charts and tables using Mingle’s existing macros and this works for all our existing in-built chart and table macros.

Click here to read about Mingle's Macro Editor.

In Mingle 3.0 we have introduced a variety of different features to support program management and cross project functionality. These include:

• Ability to copy a card from one project to another. Click here to read more about copying cards between projects.
• Extended page and card linking syntax to support cross project linking. Click here to read more about page and card linking.
• Extended the Macro Development Toolkit to support cross project reporting. Click here to read more about the Macro Development Toolkit.
• A custom macro to chart property aggregations across multiple projects. Click here to read more cross project reporting in Mingle.
• Add the ability to use "project" in the MQL SELECT statement. Click here to read more about MQL.

As well as specific improvements we have made to improve cross project reporting for program management, Mingle 3.0 also provides updates to aggregate and formula functionality and MQL to increase the ability to create flexible and bespoke reports in Mingle.

Updates to aggregate and formula properties

• Ability to use aggregate properties in formula properties. Click here to read more about formula properties.
• Ability to use conditional criteria in aggregate properties, e.g. count all children where status is open. Click here to read more about aggregate properties.

Extensions to the Macro Development toolkit

• In Mingle 3.0 we have extended the Mingle Macro Development Toolkit to allow for multiple/cross project reporting. Click here to read more about the Macro Development Toolkit.

Additional MQL functionality

• MQL has been extended to support the ability to use "Created on" and "Modified on" in MQL select and condition statements. Click here to read more about MQL.

Mingle 3.0 includes a variety of usability updates the views and value selectors. These updates include:

Improvements to views and property selectors

• An improved column/lane selector on the list, grid and hierarchy views
• Improved property value selectors
• The ability to show and update hidden properties on the card show/edit. Click here to read more about viewing hidden properties on the card view.

Transition improvements

• Allow a transition prerequisite that requires a property to be '(set)'. Click here to read more about creating transitions and using the (set) value.

Concurrency improvements

• Always load the latest card and page version when editing a card or a wiki page

Use of personal icons

• In Mingle 3.0 users can upload a personal icon their profile. Personal icons will be displayed on comments, Murmurs and history updates. Click here to read about more about adding an icon to your profile.

Manage history subscriptions

• Users now have the ability to manage email history subscriptions via their user profile page. Click here to read about managing your subscriptions.

As well as making improvements to Mingle's existing APIs, in Mingle 3.0 the API has been extended in a variety of ways to include the ability to:

• get card types and associated properties via a Card Types API. Click here to read more about the Card Types API.
• execute MQL via the Execute MQL API. Click here to read more about the Execute MQL API.
• get and create card comments via a Comment API. Click here to read more about the Comments API.
• get and create Murmurs via a Murmurs API. Click here to read more about the Murmurs API.

Click here to read about more about the Mingle API.

Mingle 3.0 includes improvements to support Mingle clustering which facilitates horizontal scaling for larger organizations.

Click here to find out more about scaling Mingle.

With Mingle 3.0 we have added support for Mercurial source repositories.

We have also update our Subversion source integration to support up to Subversion 1.6.5.

Click here to learn more integrating your Mingle projects with Subversion, Mercurial or Perforce.

With the 3.0 release, Mingle will no longer support MySQL. Mingle will warn users trying to use 3.0 with MySQL that this is no longer supported. For more details on migrating to another database please see here.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mingle now supports Oracle 10g.

Click here to learn about using Mingle with Oracle.

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.

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.

Mingle 2.3.1 includes a variety of performance improvements especially with regard to grid and tree view card loading.

Click here to read about configuring performance settings in the grid view.

Mingle 2.3.1 now includes the ability to expand and collapse children cards in the tree view.

Click here to read about the ability expand and collapse sub trees in the tree view.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mingle 2.2 now supports source integration with Subversion 1.5.

Click here to read more about Mingle source repository integration.

Moving cards on the card wall can now trigger transitions that you have setup 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You can access your local help at http://your.mingle.instance:port/help/index.html

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.

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.

Mingle now provides a RESTful API which allows you to integrate it with other systems.

Click here to read more about the Mingle API.

Set project level variables that can be used in MQL, transitions and filters

Click here to read more about working with project level variables.

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.

You can now create consolidated reports across a set of projects.

Click here to read more about cross project reporting.

• 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.

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

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 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.

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.

• Easier integration with multi-project Subversion repositories
• Support of certificate based login for Subversion

Click here to read more about configuring Subversion integration.

• Support for group authentication in the LDAP plugin

• SMTP TLS encryption
• SMTP Configuration Console

Click here to read more about configuring Mingle's connection to your SMTP server.