Vivid Trace version 2025.1

Documentation Set

Released 2025-06-18

Vivid Trace equips project leaders, delivery managers, and Scrum Masters with precision tools to:

• Facilitate planning of iterations and during big-room events.
• Maximize productivity with full automation of dependency mapping.
• Understand blockers and provide detailed context for teams and individuals to coordinate next actions.

Obtaining Vivid Trace: Vivid Trace is an add-on for Atlassian Jira and Atlassian Confluence and is available through Atlassian Marketplace and Vivid Partners. The Add-on Administration documentation has complete installation instructions.

Using Vivid Trace: Getting Started outlines a fast-path to proficiency. Primarily, Vivid Trace features the Trace Studio where you can conduct detailed traceability inquiries into your project artifacts. Vivid Trace enhances Jira's issue detail and other locations with highly-customisable contextual trace information. Also included are building blocks such as JQL functions to help complete your solutions.

Document Index

The documentation is arranged by topic. Individual articles are directed toward specific audiences such as end-users and Jira administrators. Complete product documentation is accessible online at https://vivid-inc.net/vivid-trace/docs/2025.1/. This web-based documentation is designed to be print-friendly on paper sizes A4, B5, and US Letter.

User Guides

• Introduction
  This page: Product overview, index of all documents in the Vivid Trace for Jira 2025.1 documentation set
• Getting Started
  Quickly install and get to know Vivid Trace
• Feature Tour
  Tour key features: Issue relation graphs, the Trace Studio, contextual traces, project configurations, user settings, JQL functions
• Solution Guide
  Topical Vivid Trace solution guide: General usage, traceability analysis for regulatory submission, recipes, tips
• Confluence Integration
  Embedding traces in Confluence pages sourced from Jira, including requirements, specifications, implementation details, testing plans, release plans

Reference

• Issue Relation Graphs
  Complete description of issue relation graphs, including issues, links, and parent/sub-tasks
• Item Card Fields
  Exhaustive list of supported built-in and third-party issue and custom fields
• JQL Functions
  Definitions of all JQL functions, along with code samples, advanced topics, and performance and troubleshooting topics
• Messages and Codes
  Details all error and warning messages issued by Vivid Trace, including codes, conditions, and remediation
• Trace Studio
  Quickstart and usage of the Trace Studio, a headline feature of Vivid Trace
• Glossary
  Identifies terms and definitions for traceability in general and for Vivid Trace in particular

Administration

• Release Notes
  Description of changes in Vivid Trace 2025.1: Highlights, update notes, change list, end-of-support statements
• Add-on Administration
  Discussion of administration topics covering the entire deployment lifecycle of the Vivid Trace 2025.1 add-on software for Jira and Confluence
• Security
  Discussion of security considerations: Principles, software components, privacy, and enforcement of Atlassian platform security model
• Specifications
  Vivid Trace add-on software specifications: System requirements, integration with other add-ons, localizations

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