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Use CData Connect Cloud to connect to Jira Service Management data and integrate live Jira Service Management data into apps built in Microsoft Power Apps.
Power Apps is a service for building and using custom business apps that connect to your data and work across the web and mobile — without the time and expense of custom software development. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, you get instant, cloud-to-cloud access to Jira Service Management data from the apps you build using Power Apps. This article shows how to connect to Connect Cloud from Power Apps and build an app based on live Jira Service Management data.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure SQL, cloud-to-cloud interface for Jira Service Management, allowing you to easily integrate with live Jira Service Management data in Power Apps — without replicating the data. CData Connect Cloud looks exactly like a SQL Server database to Power Apps and uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Jira Service Management, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Jira Service Management data.
Configure Jira Service Management Connectivity for Power Apps
Connectivity to Jira Service Management from Power Apps is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Jira Service Management data from Power Apps, we start by creating and configuring a Jira Service Management connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "Jira Service Management" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Jira Service Management.
You can establish a connection to any Jira Service Desk Cloud account or Server instance.
Connecting with a Cloud Account
To connect to a Cloud account, you'll first need to retrieve an APIToken. To generate one, log in to your Atlassian account and navigate to API tokens > Create API token. The generated token will be displayed.
Supply the following to connect to data:
- User: Set this to the username of the authenticating user.
- APIToken: Set this to the API token found previously.
Connecting with a Service Account
To authenticate with a service account, you will need to supply the following connection properties:
- User: Set this to the username of the authenticating user.
- Password: Set this to the password of the authenticating user.
- URL: Set this to the URL associated with your JIRA Service Desk endpoint. For example, https://yoursitename.atlassian.net.
Note: Password has been deprecated for connecting to a Cloud Account and is now used only to connect to a Server Instance.
Accessing Custom Fields
By default, the connector only surfaces system fields. To access the custom fields for Issues, set IncludeCustomFields.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Jira Service Management Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
Add a Personal Access Token
If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.
- Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
- On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
- Give your PAT a name and click Create.
- The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Jira Service Management data from Power Apps.
Connecting to CData Connect Cloud
To use Connect Cloud to integrate Jira Service Management data into your Power Apps, you need a new SQL Server connection:
- Log in to Power Apps
- Click Dataverse -> Connections -> New connection
- Select SQL Server
- In the connection wizard:
- Choose to connect directly
- Set SQL server name to tds.cdata.com,14333
- Set SQL database name to the name of the Jira Service Management connection (e.g. JiraServiceDesk1)
- Set Username to a Connect Cloud user (e.g. [email protected])
- Set Password to the PAT for the above user
- Click Create
Building a Data-Centric App for Jira Service Management Data
With the connection to Connect Cloud configured, you are ready to integrate live Jira Service Management data into the apps you build in Power Apps.
- Log in to Power Apps
- Click Create and select "SQL"
- Select the SQL Server connection you created
- Search for or choose a table to work with
- Click Connect
- Customize the newly created app just like you would any other, including changing the layout and setting the fields exposed in BrowseScreen, DetailScreen, and EditScreen
At this point, you have an app with read and write access to live Jira Service Management data that you can save and publish for use within your organization.
SQL Access to Jira Service Management Data from Cloud Applications
Now you have a direct connection to live Jira Service Management data from Microsoft Power Apps. You can create more connections and apps to drive business — all without replicating Jira Service Management data.
To get real-time data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications, sign up for a free trial of CData Connect Cloud.