Home Page Icon
Home Page
Table of Contents for
Cover
Close
Cover
by Matthew B. Doar
Practical JIRA Administration
Preface
What This Book Is About
JIRA Versions and System Details
Development Environment
Coauthor
Technical Reviewers
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
Safari® Books Online
How to Contact Us
Content Updates
February 29, 2012
June 4th, 2013
October 1st, 2015
Acknowledgments
1. Groups Versus Roles
Overview
Scaling
Updating
Project Roles
Creating a New Project Role
Not Creating New Project Roles
Summary
Further Reading
2. Resolved, Resolution, and Resolution Date
Overview
Resolved
Resolution
Resolution Date
Other Approaches
Summary
Further Reading
3. Understanding Schemes
Overview
Project-Wide Schemes
Adding Users to Schemes
Issue Type Schemes
Notification Schemes
Permission Schemes
Issue Security Schemes
Schemes That Use Issue Types
Workflow Schemes
Field Configuration Schemes
Issue Type Screen Schemes (ITSS)
Working with Schemes
Choosing Schemes
Documenting Schemes
Debugging Schemes
The Future of Schemes
4. JIRA as a Platform
Overview
What Can Be Configured
What Is Configured System-Wide
Worked Example: Configuring JIRA for a New Department
Basic JIRA Project Setup
Project Lead
Project Category
Project Avatar
Notification Scheme
Permission Scheme
Groups and Roles
Hiding Projects from Users
Issue Security Scheme
Advanced Project Setup
Issue Type Scheme
Workflow Scheme
Field Configuration Scheme
Screen Scheme
Issue Type Screen Scheme (ITSS)
Adding a Custom Field
Names Used in the Example
Summary
5. Creating a Workflow from Scratch
Overview
Designing a Workflow
JIRA Agile and Workflows
Implementing a Workflow
Deploying and Testing a Workflow
Workflows and Events
Transitions, Sub-Tasks, and Links
Further Reading
6. Custom Fields
Overview
What’s the Big Deal with Custom Fields?
Choosing Custom Field Types
Standard Text Fields
Validated Free Input Fields
Option Fields
The Labels Field
Date Picker Fields
User & Group Picker Fields
Other Picker Fields
What is a Custom Field Context?
Limiting Contexts
Adding Contexts
Dangers of Custom Field Contexts
Deleting Contexts
Changing Contexts
Adding a New Context
Screens and Field Configurations and Custom Field Contexts, Oh My!
Where Is My Field?
Minimizing the Number of Custom Fields
Reducing the Number of Custom Fields
Dos and Don’ts
Dos
Don’ts
7. The User Lifecycle
Overview
Adding Users
Adding Third-Party Users
Modifying Users
Changing a Username
Deactivating Users
Monitoring Users
8. Planning a JIRA Upgrade
Overview
Preparing for an Upgrade
Important JIRA Locations
Upgrade Approaches
Simple Upgrades
A General Upgrade Procedure
Testing an Upgrade
Troubleshooting an Upgrade
Further Reading
9. Remote Access to JIRA
Overview
Email
SQL
REST
JIRA and Python
Creating Custom REST Resources
The History of JIRA and REST
Webhooks
XML and RSS
CLI (Command Line Interface)
Remote Issue Links
Issue Collectors
Integrating with Other Applications
Further Reading
10. Migrating Data into JIRA
Overview
Migrating Data from JIRA to JIRA
Migration Steps
Extract the Data
Modify the Data
Import the Data
The JIRA CSV Importer
Cloud Differences
No Staging Instance
Changing CSV Importer Version
No Attachment Imports with a File URL
No Custom Add-ons
Estimating a Migration
Further Reading
11. Jiraargh! Frustrations
Overview
Add-Ons That Should Be Standard
Frustrations with Fields
Frustrations with Actions
More Information Needed!
Frustrations with Email
Learning JIRA Safely
Too Many Administrators
Better Feedback for Administrators
Automating Your Configuration
Debugging Your Configuration
Managing Custom Fields
Managing Projects
Further Reading
Index
Search in book...
Toggle Font Controls
Playlists
Add To
Create new playlist
Name your new playlist
Playlist description (optional)
Cancel
Create playlist
Sign In
Email address
Password
Forgot Password?
Create account
Login
or
Continue with Facebook
Continue with Google
Sign Up
Full Name
Email address
Confirm Email Address
Password
Login
Create account
or
Continue with Facebook
Continue with Google
Next
Next Chapter
Atlassian
Add Highlight
No Comment
..................Content has been hidden....................
You can't read the all page of ebook, please click
here
login for view all page.
Day Mode
Cloud Mode
Night Mode
Reset