Jira Cloud Platform
Jira is a cloud based platform that allows bug tracking and agile project management. You can use Jira Cloud Platform as a data source when landing or replicating data.
The following datasets are supported:
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Calculated Metrics
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Issue Fields (CDC is not suppprted)
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Issues
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Users (CDC is not suppprted)
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Groups (CDC is not suppprted)
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User Groups (CDC is not suppprted)
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Projects (CDC is not suppprted)
For more information about the API, see the Atlassian documentation.
This video provides an introduction to connecting to Jira.
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For more information about connecting to SaaS applications, see Connecting to SaaS applications.
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Depending on your use case, you might need to install Data Movement gateway to move data from SaaS applications. For more information, see When is Data Movement gateway required?.
Supported update methods
For more information, see An overview of target update methods.
Landing tasks:
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Change data capture (CDC)
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Reload and compare
Replication tasks:
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Change data capture (CDC) using Change Tables
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Full load
Landing data in a data lake tasks:
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Change data capture (CDC)
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Reload
Preparing for authentication
To access your Jira Cloud Platform data, you need to authenticate the connection with your Jira Cloud Platform account credentials. Make sure that your credentials only contain ASCII characters. Your credentials are saved in the connection.
Creating the connection
For more information, see Connecting to SaaS applications.
- Fill in the required connection properties.
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Provide a name for the connection in Connection name.
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Select Open connection metadata to define metadata for the connection when it has been created.
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Click Create.
| Setting | Description |
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| Data gateway |
Select a Data Movement gateway if required by your use case. Information note
This field is not available with the Qlik Talend Cloud Starter subscription, as it does not support Data Movement gateway. If you have another subscription tier and do not want to use Data Movement gateway, select None. For information on the benefits of Data Movement gateway and use cases that require it, see Qlik Data Gateway - Data Movement. |
| Domain |
The domain name for your organisation. Example: https://your-domain.atlassian.net |
| User email | Email address for your Atlassian account. |
| User API token |
An API token for your Atlassian account. For more information about finding an API token, see Manage API tokens for your Atlassian account. |
Troubleshooting
You cannot authenticate the connector using your Jira Cloud Platform credentials
Possible cause
Your Jira Cloud Platform login, your Jira Cloud Platform password, or both contain non-ASCII characters.
Proposed action
Try changing your credentials through your Jira Cloud Platform account, or use a different Jira Cloud Platform account.