What are tags?

Tags are pieces of customizable metadata that you can attach to a goal or project, similar to hashtags in social media. For every tag you use, it’ll create a corresponding page (formerly called “Topics”) for that tag collecting any tagged projects and goals into a single, curated feed. Rather than simply listing out the tagged items, the tag’s page will also show top contributors and teams for that tag and you can also follow, share, or add help and knowledge links to the page.

Currently, every tag has exactly 1 equivalent tag page that shares the name. Some common uses for creating tag pages include organizing work by program, department, product, areas of expertise, etc.

Creating and accessing tags

When you add a tag to a goal or project, the corresponding tag page is automatically created. Every tag has its own homepage where you can see what work is happening, who’s working on it, what knowledge they’ve gathered, and how it’s all going.

To tag a goal or project, go to its page and look for the section titled Tags in the right sidebar. From there, you can add or create new tags.

It all starts from the tags directory, where you can browse all tags in your workspace and discover new tags to follow. Alternatively, you can select any tag on a goal or project to go directly to the tag page.

What you can find on the tag page

When exploring a tag, there are a few important aspects to keep in mind:

• The Projects and goals tab shows an overview of the work happening within a tag and how it’s tracking, so you can quickly dig into whatever needs attention.

• The Help and knowledge tab curates learnings from projects, help links, and questions about a tag, making it easier to share and consume knowledge built up across the organization.

• The Updates tab shows the latest updates for all the projects and goals with this tag, giving a customized feed of updates for anything related to that tag.

• The Top contributors and Teams who do the most work related to that tag are highlighted on the right sidebar of the tag page, celebrating their hard work and expertise but also creating a list of relevant experts to speak to.

• You can also Follow a tag to automatically see tagged goals' and projects' updates in your main feed or Share the tag page with team members. You can also copy the link to the tag, and embed a list of goals and projects associated with the tag in other Atlassian products.

Managing and curating tags

Start by tagging projects, goals, and adding help links from a tag in Atlassian Home. Once a tag has been created, anyone can contribute to the knowledge by creating help links or tagging projects and goals with that topic. Tag names can be changed by selecting the tag name on the tag page and this will update the tag in any place it’s used.

To delete a tag from your organization’s tag list, you must remove the tag from all of its current goals and projects. The tag will automatically be hidden and will not be usable until you tag a goal or project with that tag.