Connect to Jira Service Management Data in DBArtisan

The CData ODBC Driver for Jira Service Management seamlessly integrates Jira Service Management data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Jira Service Management data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Jira Service Management in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Jira Service Management Data into DBArtisan Projects

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

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.

You can then follow the steps below to register Jira Service Management data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic ODBC.
3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
4. Finish the wizard to connect to Jira Service Management data. Jira Service Management entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Jira Service Management data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Jira Service Management API.