How to Use Text Formatting in the Jira Service Management Customer Portal

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Summary

In Jira Service Management projects, some of the Customer Portal text containers can be customized using Text Formatting Notation. Below you can find where each notation can be used:

Headings

Text Effects

Text Breaks

Links

Lists

Images

Tables

Advanced Formatting

Misc

Portal configuration

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Portal announcement

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Request type field description

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Login message

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✅ Text formatting notations work

❌ Limited use or not functional at all

⚠️ Some text formatting notations won't work as intended, please refer to the examples below:

Links

[#anchor] [^attachment.ext]

[file:///c:/temp/foo.txt] [file:///z:/file/on/network/share.txt]

[~username]

{anchor:anchorname}

⚠️ Attachments are not supported on any of the options above.

Solution

Examples

  • Portal Configuration

    Portal Configuration

  • Portal announcement

    Portal announcement

  • Request type field description

    Request type field description

  • Login message

    Login message

  • Take in consideration adding too much text formatting notation may cause some information be missing within some text containers.

  • Title fields (Such as Portal Login/Announcement Message Title, Service Project information name, Display name and Request Type name) won't consider any text formatting notation as it'll show as plain text

Relevant links

Updated on June 17, 2025

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