Reference of integration between BMC Helix ITSM work orders and Jira issues by using BMC Helix iPaaS
You can integrate BMC Helix ITSM with Jira to synchronize work orders with Jira issues. When a work order is created in BMC Helix ITSM, a corresponding issue is created in Jira, and the converse is true. You can also synchronize comments and data between the work order and issue.
BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker, along with BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit, provides the Sync_BMC_Helix_ITSM_work_order_and_Atlassian_Jira_issue.json integration template that you can use to integrate BMC Helix ITSM and Jira. You configure the integration in BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker and deploy the integration template to your BMC Helix iPaaS environment.
List of project variables
The following sections describe the variables that you can update as per your requirements:
BMC Helix iPaaS variables
Project variable | Value |
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BHIP_API_NAME | The default value of this variable is set to BMCHelixITSMWorkOrderAndJiraIssue. If required, you can change the name. |
BHIP_API_User_Roles | Specify the organization roles that should have access to the new API. You can add multiple comma separated values. Important: If you do not specify any value, all the organization roles get access to the new API. |
BHIP_MCSM_API_Profile_Username | The integration template creates an API in BMC Helix iPaaS to handle requests from BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker. Enter the user name for the security profile used with the BMC Helix iPaaS API for BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker. |
BHIP_MCSM_API_Profile_Password | The integration template creates an API in BMC Helix iPaaS to handle requests from BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker. Enter the password for the security profile used with the BMC Helix iPaaS API for BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker . |
BHIP_Vendor_API_Profile_Type | The default value is APIKEY. If required, you can change the default value by selecting one of the following supported values:
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BHIP_Vendor_API_Profile_Username | Enter the user name for the security profile that you want to use with the vendor API. Important: You need to provide a value for this variable, only if you select the BASIC option in BHIP_Vendor_API_Profile_Type. |
BHIP_Vendor_API_Profile_Password | Enter the password for the security profile that you want to use with the vendor API. Important: You need to provide a value for this variable, only if you select the BASIC option in BHIP_Vendor_API_Profile_Type. |
BHIP_Vendor_API_Profile_ApiKey_Name | The default value is apiKey. If required, you can change the default value. |
BHIP_Host | Enter the BMC Helix iPaaS instance URL where you want to run this project. |
BHIP_Username | Enter the user name for the BMC Helix iPaaS instance. |
BHIP_Password | Enter the password for the BMC Helix iPaaS instance. |
Enable_BMC_Helix_To_Vendor_Integration | By default, this variable is set to true. Important: This variable enables the creation of Jira issues from BMC Helix ITSM work orders, synchronizes updates, and shares comments. |
Enable_Vendor_To_BMC_Helix_Integration | By default, this variable is set to true. Important: This variable enables the creation of BMC Helix ITSM work orders from Jira issues, synchronizes updates, and shares comments. |
Jira project variables
Project variable | Value |
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Jira_Host_URL | Enter the host URL of the Jira instance in the following format: [http/https]://[hostname]:[port] |
Jira_Username | Enter the name of the user accessing Jira. |
Jira_Password | Enter the API token for Jira that you created earlier. |
Jira_Project_Name | Enter the default project name that you want to work on for the BMC Helix ITSM and Jira integration. You can keep this variable blank. In this case, the template uses the JQL query. |
Jira_JQL_Query | Enter the JQL query to specify for which Jira issues BMC Helix ITSM work orders should be created. |
BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker project variables
Project variable | Value |
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MCSM_Host | Enter the BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker host URL to which Jira issues should be synchronized. |
MCSM_Username | Enter the user name that enables users to interact with BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker. |
MCSM_Password | Enter the password for the provided user name. |
MCSM_Vendor_Name | For multiple instances of Jira, enter the value in the following format: JIRA.<Instance name> The instance name in the format is the name that you entered in the Instance Name field while configuring vendor metadata. |
MCSM_Field_ID_For_Jira_Issue_Type | It is the BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker field ID that contains the value for determining the Jira issue type during BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker to Jira operations. The default value of this field is 466000053 that is mapped with the Resolution Category Tier 3 field in the work order record. If you use any other field from the work order record to contain the Jira issue type, enter the ID of that field in this variable. Important: If this variable is blank, by default, a Jira story is created. |
The following variables are inputs from BMC Helix ITSM. Either enter values for these variables or map appropriate Jira fields if the data is available:
Project variable | Value |
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ITSM_Company_Name | Enter the company name for which the integration template needs to be run. For example, Calbro Services |
ITSM_Customer_First_name | Enter the first name of the BMC Helix ITSM customer. |
ITSM_Customer_Last_Name | Enter the last name of the BMC Helix ITSM customer. |