Connecting to Jira

To set up Magic Suite apps to connect to your Jira system:

1. From the Admin menu, click Connections
2. Click the Create button
3. Enter a name (e.g. "Jira Production" or "Jira Test") and optionally, a description
4. From the Type drop-down, select a Connection type of Jira
5. Set the URL field to your Jira hostname, for example https://myjira.com
6. If authenticating using a Personal Access Token (recommended):
1. Leave the User name field blank
2. Set the Password field to the Personal Access Token
7. If authenticating using Username/Password:
• Set the User name field to the username to connect with
• Set the Password field to the password

You may now:

• Use [Jira.XXX:] macros
• Set up multiple Jira Connections and choose the default via the Admin => Macro Defaults page, or use a [Jira.Connection:] macro in your templates / Report Studio when developing and testing macros.
• Automatically manage incidents in Jira using AlertMagic