JIRA Plugin
Created on: Aug 24, 2008 3:58 PM by Erskine Williams - Last Modified: Nov 6, 2008 11:35 PM by Erskine Williams
Overview
This is a plugin which embeds a SOAP client for remote JIRA access. As you can see from the JiraSoapService javadoc, there is quite a lot of functionality available to SOAP clients. However, as of this initial release, this JIRA Plugin only exposes a very basic widget for viewing the output of a user-defined filter within JIRA. In effect, this widget is a lot like Atlassian's own Saved Filters Portlet.
Installation and Use
Download the plugin jar attached to this document (or build the jar from source - see below). Follow the instructions in the Clearspace Administrator's manual on installing plugins. Once the plugin is successfully installed, any logged in user can add it to their own custom "Your View" tab, and system and space administrators can add it to the customized overview tabs for individual spaces.
When configuring the widget, you get a screen like this:
And the widget in action looks like this:
Please Note: Until this widget supports caching, be advised that widespread use of this widget on frequently visited pages could lead to high stress on your target JIRA instance. With that in mind, please use at your own risk.
Dependencies
- JIRA Maven2 SOAP Library
- Depends on Apache Axis
- Depends on Apache Axis
- JAXRPC
Source Code
https://svn.jivesoftware.com/svn/dev/repos/jive/plugins/jiraplugin/trunk/
Issue Tracking
Jive Software maintains a JIRA instance for tracking issues. The url for this JIRA Plugin is: http://issues.jivesoftware.com/browse/PLUG/component/10936
Licensing
The JIRA plugin is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0
Ken Stern
says:
I deployed the jira widget, but I can't get back any data. What should the widget settings be? I hvae never used JIRA until today.
I used the following parameters:
- URL - http://issues.jivesoftware.com
- Search Filter: 123 (which I created and saved on the JIRA site)
- User Name: <myusername in jira>
- Password: <mypassword>
- Number of issues: 5
My error is:
There was a problem connecting to or retrieving information from JIRA - the message from the system was: Caught exception of type: com.jivesoftware.clearspace.jira.client.RemoteValidationException
I've tried other settings to no avail. Any advice from anyone?
Erskine Williams
says
in response to Ken Stern:
Hi Ken,
Sorry for the delayed response. Do you have access to your clearspace error logs? There will be a full stack trace in there which should point you in the right direction. Of course, feel free to post them here, and I'll have a look.
Cheers,
Erskine
Manish Garg
says
in response to Erskine Williams:
Hi Erskine,
Do you have screen shots for your plugin? The image files above do not display.
Also the link to admin guide for installing the plugin does not work for me (I do not have access)
thanks
Erskine Williams
says
in response to Manish Garg:
I have updated the description with new images, and also switched the dependencies to the public maven repository. Please note that the subversion url has changed. The current version is now fully internationalized.
Eric Alexander
says
in response to Ken Stern:
Hi Ken,
I had the same problem. It turned out to be the filter. Keep in mind, the widget uses the filter id, not the filter name. AFAIK, the filter id is not displayed on the JIRA interface. I had to find it using the URL.
Gautam Avvaru
says:
I got the below error after dragging the widget onto my layout.
Please verify your settings and try again.
I got the below error after entering the properties and saving them in the widget.
PNG are not displaying