Query from JIRA into Google Sheets
Sheet Director is a Google Workspace add-on that helps to manage and control bi-directional data flow between Google Sheets and several other applications like Google Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, Sheets, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Zoho, PayPal, etc.Â
It is available in the Google Workspace Marketplace. Please check the Installation instructions to install the add-on.Â
Jira is an issue tracking product developed by Atlassian that allows bug tracking and agile project management.
Choose App and Service:
Select JIRA from the list of applications.
Select service as Query.
JIRA Configuration
Enter Domain URL
Enter Email
Enter Api Key
Click on connect to JIRAÂ to connect to JIRAÂ so that you can pull data.
You will create your domain on JIRA on signup
Also you can see the Domain in the url
https://{domain}.atlassian.net (the name inside {} ins your domain)
copy the domain URl as shown in below example
copy and paste the URL into the JIRA domain URL field on the Sheet Director Configuration.
Login to JIRA https://id.atlassian.com/login
Visit the follow link https://id.atlassian.com/manage/api-tokens to create API token
Click 'Create API token' button
From the dialog that appears, enter a memorable and concise 'Label' for your token and click 'Create. '
Use 'Copy to clipboard' and paste the token into the JIRA API Token field on the Sheet Director Configuration.
If JIRA is connected successfully the following screen appears.
Select the required entity
Select the Fields as required.
Select the maximum result that is required.
Configure the destination settings to save the executed data.
Switch on Run automatically to execute services automatically in background.
Configure the Notification settings to setup the email templates and add attachments.
Click on execute to pull the data into sheet
Click save to save the service
Select Post service.
Entity
Select the entity object that you need to post to
Select Apply Template or Setup Mapping
Select Apply Template to add a default template.
Select Setup Manually to select manually.
Source Sheet
Choose the sheet that contains post records.
Enter the Start at cell valueÂ
(the default value is A1, if you change the value you need to refresh the header by clicking on refresh icon on side)
Select the Status column
If status column is not there, simply click the +button to add the status header on your sheet(A status column will be created in Spreadsheet)
Select the Result column
If result column is not there, simply click the +button to add the result header on your sheet(A result column will be created in Spreadsheet)
Mapping
After selecting the entity it will ask for intelligent mappingÂ
If you need to do intelligent mapping click on yes
Intelligent mapping will map the matching fields automatically
You can do manual mapping by selecting Column drop down
You can delete the field by click on delete icon on top of each filed map
You can't delete mandatory* fieldsÂ
Click on execute will ask for confirmation
Click save to save the service
It will show number of records ready to post
Click post now to post the records on Zoho Projects
It will show the counts of number of records posted successfully and failed to post
Select service as Synchronize Jira.
Select the Max results required.
Synchronization Keys:
The keys will be used for matching rows in Google Sheets with data in Jira.
Conflict Resolution:Â
When Synchronization happens, there could be a conflict of data between Google Sheets and Jira.
JiraWins
Google Sheet Wins
Jira Wins: Latest data from Jira will be updated in Google Sheets.
Google Sheet Wins: Latest data from Google Sheets will be updated in Jira.
Note: The major requirement in synchronization is the synchronize keys. If any of the keys is not having a value in the Google Sheet then Sheet Director will create it first and then the service will be executed.
Select Jira.
The latest updated data from Jira will be updated in Google Sheets.
Choose the spreadsheet to store data.
Select the required cell value.
Select the Status column
If the status column is not there, simply click the +button to add the status header on your sheet(A status column will be created in the Spreadsheet)
Select the Result column
If the result column is not there, simply click the +button to add the result header on your sheet(A result column will be created in the Spreadsheet)
Click Execute to execute the data.
The number of records that are ready to be synchronized will be shown.
It will also show all the data that are ready to be updated.
Also, the number of data that needs to be updated into Jira will also be updated.
Click on Sync Now to sync all the data and update it into Google Sheets.
Click on the Refresh icon to refresh the data.
If the data are synced successfully the following screen appears.
Click on Close to close the configuration.
The Status column in the Google Sheets shows the status of the data.
The newly updated data will be marked as Synced Successfully.
The old data that already exists will be marked as Already Synchronized.
Select Google Sheet Wins.
The latest updated data from Google Sheet will be updated into Jira.
Select the sheet to store the output.
Select the Status column
If the status column is not there, simply click the +button to add the status header on your sheet(A status column will be created in the Spreadsheet)
Select the Result column
If the result column is not there, simply click the +button to add the result header on your sheet(A result column will be created in the Spreadsheet)
Click Execute to execute the data.
The number of records that are ready to be synchronized will be shown.
It will also show all the data that are ready to be updated.
Also, the number of data that needs to be updated into Jira will also be updated.
Click on Sync Now to sync all the data and update it into Google Sheets.
Click on the Refresh icon to refresh the data.
If the data are synced successfully the following screen appears.
Click on Close to close the configuration.
The Status column in the Google Sheets shows the status of the data.
The newly updated data will be marked as Synced Successfully.
The old data that already exists will be marked as Already Synchronized.