Administrator Guide

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Last updated: Apr 17, 2024 by Liliia Ostrovska
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You can adjust all Power BI Connector for Jira settings on a single page. The instructions below will guide you in locating app settings page and provide an overview of all available configuration options.

Platform administrators always have the ability to view, modify, delete, and edit the share settings of any existing connectors in an instance.

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How to Get to Settings Page

 

There are 2 options for how to get to the application settings page. Feel free to use the one that is more convenient for you.

 

Option 1

 

  • Being signed in to your Jira instance, select Power BI, and then select Administration.

The Power BI Connector for Jira Settings page will appear.

 

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Option 2

 

  1. Being signed in to your Jira instance, select the Gear icon, and then select Manage apps.

 

  1. Scroll down, look for POWER BI CONNECTOR FOR JIRA, and then select Plugin settings.

Settings Page Overview

 

Power BI Connector for Jira Settings page includes the following settings:

  • Permission Settings

  • General Settings

  • App Logging Settings

  • Export Logging Settings

The page also has the Reset to defaults button.

 

 

Reset to Defaults

 

Reset to defaults - This action will restore all app settings, delete all data sources and their settings, and delete all users permissions.

  • Select Reset, if you do want to reset all settings and delete data sources.

  • Select Cancel, if you no longer want to do it.

 

 

Permission Settings

 

Here Jira administrators can grant permissions to users to create, edit, view, and export connectors.

 

 

  1. In the Users field, enter the username you want to grant permissions to.

 

 

  1. In the Groups field, enter the group name you want to grant permissions to.

 

 

  1. In the Project Roles field, enter the role(s) you want to grant permissions to.

 

 

  1. Select the Edit icon, if you want to make changes.

  2. Select the Clear button, if you want to delete permissions.

 

 

General Settings

 

The General Settings help to:

  • prevent misuse of the app

  • alleviate the significant strain on Jira

  • improve time to export

 

 

 

 

  • Issues Limit - This setting allows you to set a maximum number of tickets that can be exported at the instance level.

  • Fields Threshold - This setting allows you to set a maximum number of fields that can be exported without a warning message.

 

 

App Logging Settings

 

  • App debug mode records all events related to data source, with the exception of data export, but including creating, editing, cloning, changing owner, etc. It is useful for troubleshooting problems or investigation incidents.

Here you can also set up maximum size of your log file.

 

 

  • Actual Log File Size - This field displays the current size of the log file.

  • The Refresh icon - This option allows you to refresh logs.

  • The Clear icon - This option allows you to manually delete logs.

  • Download Zip - This option allows you to download your log file in a compressed zip format.

  • Download Log - This option allows you to download your log file in its original format.

 

 

Export Logging Settings

 

Data Export debug mode records events related to data export.

Here you can also set up the maximum size of your log file.

 

 

  • Actual Log File Size - This field displays the current size of the log file.

  • The Refresh icon - This option allows you to refresh logs.

  • The Clear icon - This option allows you to manually delete logs.

  • Download Zip - This option allows you to download your log file in a compressed zip format.

  • Download Log - This option allows you to download your log file in its original format.

 

 

How to Use Data Export Debug Mode

 

To minimize the impact of the data export debug mode on your instance, please follow the instructions on its usage.

 

  1. Create a data source with selected table you’re experiencing issue with.

  1. Go back to Export Logging Settings, and then clear the previous logs, if there are any.

  2. Set the size limit of the log file, and then enable Data Export debug mode.

  3. Start exporting your data.

  1. After data export is completed, open Export Logging Settings, disable Data Export debug mode, and then download the log file.

 

 

At the moment, the output of the following tables is being logged:

Jira Core

Jira Software

Service Management

Tempo

Insight

Xray

Tempo Budgets

Jira Core

Jira Software

Service Management

Tempo

Insight

Xray

Tempo Budgets

  • Issues (Issues, Issue Effort, Parent Issues, Epics)

  • Issue Links

  • Issue Custom Fields (Issues or custom table)

  • History (Histories, Time in Statuses, Time at Assignee)

  • Projects

  • Sprints

  • Sprint Issues

  • Boards

  • Board Charts

  • Sprint Report Charts

  • Burndown Charts

  • Board Issues

  • Approvers

  • Customer Request Type

  • Request Participants

  • Customer Request Type

  • Request Participants

  • Another Service Management Fields (Issues)

  • Tempo (Issues)

  • Teams

  • Object Schema

  • Object

  • Object Type

  • Object Type Attribute

  • Status Type

  • Role

  • Insight Attribute Value

  • Test Runs

  • Folios

  • Expenses

  • Human Resources

  • Rates

  • Allocations