Installation

Cadence installs from the Atlassian Marketplace onto your Jira Cloud site. Confluence is used when you create meeting notes or embed a calendar.

1. Install Cadence — In Jira, go to Apps → find Cadence on the Marketplace (or use Manage apps), and install. Start a trial if prompted.
2. Open the app — From Jira navigation, open Apps and select Cadence. You land on the calendar (or the last tab you used).
3. Optional: Cadence admin — Set up the Team Leads group and Cadence teams (steps below) so the Team tab has leads and rosters.
4. Optional: Confluence — If your site also has Confluence, set a meeting-notes space under Cadence Settings → Meeting notes so events can create pages.

Create the Team Leads group (admin)

Same two-gate model as WorkPulse: managers must be in the Team Leads Jira group, then assigned as lead on a Cadence team. Atlassian Teams do not designate leads.

1. Open Marketplace apps settings — Click the gear (Settings) in the Jira header, then under Jira admin settings choose Marketplace apps.

2. Open Cadence admin — In the left sidebar under Apps, select Cadence admin.

3. Ensure the Team Leads group — On the Cadence admin page, set or confirm the Group name (for example Cadence Team Leads, or reuse Workpulse Team Leads if WorkPulse is installed). Click Save / ensure group until the page shows that the group exists.
4. Add leads to the group — Use Add lead to group to search users and add managers who should lead Cadence teams.
5. Create a Cadence team — Under Create a Cadence team, enter a team name, pick a Team lead who is already in the group, then click + Create team. The lead adds their roster later inside Cadence → Team.

Where Cadence appears

• Global page — Apps → Cadence (primary workspace)
• Project page — Cadence in a Jira project
• Issue panel — Cadence context on an issue
• Dashboard gadget — Cadence Calendar at a glance
• Confluence — global Cadence page and Cadence — Calendar embed macro (read-only)
• Cadence admin — Settings → Marketplace apps → Cadence admin