Using Jira Tasks

Jira Integration

Jira is Atlassian’s Web application for team issue-tracking. EDG’s Jira Launch-in-Context (LiC) feature allows users who are working in both EDG and Jira to launch from editing particular EDG asset items into related Jira searches and new items.

Users with adminstrator privileges can set up the EDG Jira feature - see JIRA Integration Parameters.

Jira Launch-in-Context

LiC requires that a user be logged into Jira and is logged into EDG using the same browser.

When editing an EDG asset, editors can use its gear menu to create or search for related Jira issues . This also adds a Jira link in the horizonal tab menu of an asset collection, which launches into Jira to show the configured project’s open items.

On the asset form panel, use the modify menu select from the Jira options as shown in the following figure.

TopBraid EDG Create and Search Jira Issue Dropdown

The create option opens the start of a new Jira item. The searches open Jira in a new browser tab that search on the indicated resource string (URI or label).

Note

If the user is not logged into Jira (or if the EDG configuration Jira settings fail), then the launches can result in a Server Interaction Error message dialog. Please check the server logs for details in that case.

Jira Project Key

Jira Project Key is available under the Manage tab.

Note

This item only appears if the EDG server has been configured for Jira Integration.

If the EDG Jira feature has been administratively setup, then each collection manager can optionally set a Jira project key string for the asset collection, where the Jira-key identifies a specific project in the Jira application. Setting the project key then enables Launch-in-Context functions for collection editors. When editing any asset item, editors can use its gear menu to create or search for related Jira issues.

Setting the project key also adds a Jira link to the collection’s utility view header, which launches into Jira to show the configured project’s open items.