Enhancements to Jira Cloud & Server Integration Released

14-Dec-2023 by Adam Sandman Product News

We are pleased to announce that we have released a major set of updates to our data synchronization plugin for Atlassian Jira. The plugin lets customers use SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan seamlessly with Jira. The integration lets you synchronize user stories, issues and tasks between the different platforms. The latest version includes enhancements to handle effort and date fields, synchronize artifact associations, and improve the logging.

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Summary

The new version was developed based on feedback from our customers and includes logging and configuration enhancements to make the setup and management of the plugin easier. In addition, the enhancements allow additional effort and date fields to be mapped, as well as improvements in the handling of associations and comments.

Release Notes

  • Jira Cloud DataSync v6.0 and - Jira Server DataSync v6: these updates includes a number of enhancements and bug fixes:

    • Add support for JIRA estimate fields [IN:6345]
    • Add the ability to sync requirements and not import new incidents with a new dedicated "NoIncidents" sync mode [IN:6341]
    • Allow the Jira Due Date field to be mapped to a Spira requirement custom property [IN:6672]
    • Fix the first Comment from Jira Cloud sometimes being duplicated in Spira [IN:7689]
    • Fix artifact associations not always syncing for incidents and requirements, and never syncing for tasks [IN:8864]
    • Improve Jira field mapping for "release" fields [IN:8831]
    • Improve logging by capturing the ProjectID from Jira to help debugging [IN:8684]
    • Improve logging by reducing warning entries for similar issues [IN:8815]
    • Improve the names of the different data sync modes to be more meaningful for end users (True becomes noRequirements and Both becomes Bidirectional) [IN:8936]
  • Jira Configuration Helper: adds the ability to filter statuses by project [IN:8686]

  • Jira Migration Tool : fixes not being able to import users from Jira due to breaking changes in Atlassian's APIs [IN:8840]

How to Obtain the New Version

For customers using our cloud-synchronization option, the latest versions of the Jira Cloud and Jira Sever data synchronization tools are already live and running as of the December 11th weekend maintenance window. For on-premise customers, you can download the latest versions from our website.