Create Reports from Jira Assets Data in Looker Studio

Looker Studio, formerly known as Google Data Studio, empowers users to craft customized reports featuring data visualizations that can be shared with clients while reflecting your brand identity. When combined with CData Connect AI, you gain immediate cloud-to-cloud access to Jira Assets data to create visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article provides step-by-step instructions on establishing a virtual database for Jira Assets and generating reports from Jira Assets data within Looker Studio.

CData Connect AI offers a seamless cloud-to-cloud interface tailored for Jira Assets, making it straightforward to construct reports directly from live Jira Assets data within Looker Studio without the need for data replication. As you create visualizations, Looker Studio generates queries to retrieve data. With its inherent optimized data processing capabilities, CData Connect AI efficiently channels all supported query operations, including filters, JOINs, and more, directly to Jira Assets. This leverages server-side processing to swiftly provide the requested Jira Assets data.

Configure Jira Assets Connectivity for Looker Studio

Connectivity to Jira Assets from Looker Studio is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with Jira Assets data from Looker Studio, we start by creating and configuring a Jira Assets connection.

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection

2. Select "Jira Assets" from the Add Connection panel

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Jira Assets.

   Jira Assets supports connecting and authenticating via the APIToken.

   To generate an API token:

   1. Log in to your Atlassian account.
   2. Navigate to Security < Create and manage API Token < Create API Token.

   Atlassian generates and then displays the API token.

   After you have generated the API token, set these parameters:

   • AuthScheme: APIToken.
   • User: The login of the authenticating user.
   • APIToken: The API token you just generated.

   You are now ready to connect and authenticate to Jira Assets.

   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Jira Assets Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Jira Assets data from Looker Studio.

Visualize Live Jira Assets Data from Looker Studio

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Looker Studio to create a new Jira Assets data source and build a simple visualization from the data.

1. Log into Looker Studio, click data sources, create a new data source, and choose CData Connect AI Connector.

2. Click Authorize and allow access to your Google account.
3. Click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect AI instance
4. In the CData Connect AI Connector in Looker Studio select Connections to import from the dropdown and click Next

5. Now select a Connection (e.g. JiraAssets1) and click Next
6. Select a Table (e.g. Objects) or use a Custom Query and click Connect to continue
7. If needed, modify columns, click Create Report, and add the data source to the report.

8. Select a visualization style and add it to the report.
9. Select Dimensions and Measures to customize your visualization.

Live Access to Jira Assets Data from Cloud Applications

Now you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Jira Assets data from your Looker Studio workbook. You can create more data sources and new visualizations, build reports, and more — all without replicating Jira Assets data.

Try CData Connect AI and get real-time data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.