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Jira Service Desk integration reference


To establish integration with Jira Service Desk, configure the following connectors, flows, and connector targets. You need to set up tenant level configurations. BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker provides out-of-the-box mappings and application level configurations required for the integration. After you complete the integration, you can broker tickets from Jira Service Desk to ITSM or from ITSM to Jira Service Desk, sync Jira Service Desk ticket details to ITSM and so on. Each flow in the list of flows is essentially a feature that you can use. Depending upon your use case, you might have to configure multiple flows. BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker logically chains the flows and connector processes to complete the feature.

List of connectors for integration with Jira Service Desk

You need to configure the following connectors when setting up integration with Jira Service Desk. These connectors are integration points for the respective applications. For instance, to send the data from BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker to Jira Service Desk, you must configure a flow from Multi-Cloud connector to Jira Service Desk connector.

ITSM connector
  • Configuration
    If you are integrating BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker with an on-premises instance of ITSM, enter the following values:

    Field

    Value

    Site

    Select the site that you created for Remedy.

    AR server

    Enter the name of your on-premises AR System server.

    AR server port

    Enter the port number for your on-premises AR System server.

  • Account
    Add a ITSM user account that has permissions to view business service requests and permissions to update incidents, change, or problem requests.


Multi-Cloud connector
  • Configuration
    While activating BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker, BMC configures the Multi-Cloud connector. Do not modify the default Multi-Cloud connector configuration.
  • Account
    BMC sets up the account for the Multi-Cloud connector.
    Click reauthenticate.PNGto re-authenticate after you have changed the password for your tenant administrator user account in BMC Helix Innovation Studio.
    For information about changing the user password, see Creating or modifying Person data.


Jira Service Desk connector
  • Configuration

Field

Value

Name

Enter a name for the connector configuration.

Site

For an on-premises Jira Service Desk instance, select the  site that you created.
OR
 For Jira Service Desk instances in the cloud, select  Cloud  as the site.

Jira Server Hostname

Enter the name of the Jira Service Desk server.

Jira server Port

Enter the port number of the Jira Service Desk server. Use port number 443 for HTTPS protocol.

Protocol

Enter the protocol used by the Jira Service Desk server.

  • Account
    Add the account of a Jira Service Desk user who can view and update Jira Service Desk incidents.


SMTP Email connector
  • Configuration
    To send email notifications for errors, specify values for the following fields:

    Field

    Value

    Name

    Enter a name for the connector configuration.

    Site

    Select the appropriate site for your email server.

    Connection type

    Select the type of connection for your email server.

  • Account
    Add an email account to be used for sending error notifications.

List of flows for integration with Jira Service Desk

You can configure the following flows when setting up integration with Jira Service Desk. Each flow is self descriptive, for example to create an incident in ITSM from Jira Service Desk, you must configure  Create Incident from Jira Service Desk  flow.

Create DevOps Incident
  • Trigger 
    You need to set a trigger condition for this flow to determine which Incidents should be sent to Jira. For example, you can use the following triggers:
    • Operational or Product Categorization fields in ITSM
    • Assignment of the incident
    • Add a custom field as per your requirement.
  • Field Mapping

    The following values are mapped out-of-the-box:

    ITSM field

    Jira field

    Additional information

    Project


    In the Vendor Field Mapping of the Map Vendor definition, the value of Jira project is set under fields.project.name . By default, project is set to MultiCloud.

    You should change this value to the appropriate project name. If you have a corresponding field in ITSM for the project name:

    1. Change the project field type to dynamic.
    2. Select the Field ID on the BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker record definition of the field that stores the ITSM project value.
    3. Define the mapping from the ITSM value to the Jira value. You can add the transformations to select the appropriate project based on the value received from ITSM.

    Priority

    Priority

    Default field mapping

    Summary

    Issue Summary

    The Incident ID is included as a part of the Summary.

    Resolution Category Tier 3

    Issue Type

    In the Vendor Field Mapping of the Map Vendor definition, the value of Issue Type is set under field.issuetype.name for the instance of Jira you are integrating with.Jira provides several issue types out of the box and also enables users to create their own custom issue types. There are various options to indicate which issue type should be created.

    The example template uses the Categorization field to decide the issue type. Using the third tier of the incident request categorization, we indicate which issue type to create in Jira.

    You can use other fields or transformations to define this. However, the value passed to the Issue Type must match the name of the issue.

    Description

    Description

    Default field mapping

    Incident ID

    Label

    The Incident ID is included in the Summary and also added as a label on the issue.

    Technology Service


    The Create DevOps Incident flow can be used to send incidents to other DevOps vendors like Jira. You can use one of the following options:

    • Use the Target Values option and select the Technology Service from the list
    • Use the Source Fields option and map it to one of the existing field from ITSM, for example, the Service field. Then, you can use the transformation option to map different ITSM Services to different technology services.

Create Incident from JIRA Service Desk flow

  • Trigger 
    Select your Jira Service Desk project from the drop-down list in Project.
  • Field Mapping 
    Retain the values that are available out-of-the-box


Sync JIRA Service Desk Issue flow

Use this flow when you do not want direct data updates between a Jira Service Desk issue and a ITSM ticket.

  • Trigger 
    Select your Jira Service Desk project from the drop-down list in Project .
  • Field Mapping 
    Do not change the following out-of-the-box field mappings.

    Field

    Value

    Vendor

    Jira Service Desk

    Vendor Ticket Id

    Issue Key

    Vendor Ticket Properties

    Retain the out-of-the-box properties mapping.


Sync JIRA Service Desk Issue Comment flow
  • Trigger 
    Select your Jira Service Desk project from the drop-down list in Project .
  • Field Mapping 
    Do not change the following out-of-the-box field mappings.

    Field

    Value

    text

    Comment Body

    post_type

    comment#remedy

    ticket_type

    incident

    Vendor

    JIRA Service Desk

    Vendor Ticket Id

    Issue Key

    commentId

    Comment ID

    Author

    Comment Author

    Attachment Object 1

    Attachment Object 1

    Attachment Object 2

    Attachment Object 2

    Attachment Object 3

    Attachment Object 3


Create Incident Activity Note flow
  • Trigger

    Field

    Value

    Shared with Vendor

    True

  • Field Mapping

    Do not change the following out-of-the-box field mappings.

    Field

    Value

    post_type

    comment#vendor

    ticketNumber

    Incident Number

    Attachment Object 1.name

    Attachment 1 filename

    Attachment Object 1.content

    Attachment 1

    Attachment Object 2.name

    Attachment 2 filename

    Attachment Object 2.content

    Attachment 2

    Attachment Object 3.name

    Attachment 3 filename

    Attachment Object 3.content

    Attachment 3

    Note

    You can change the out-of-the-box field mapping for the text field. Default value is set to Notes.

    However, BMC recommends that you retain the existing mapping.


Create Incident Activity Note with Author flow (ITSM 9.1.06 or later)
  • Trigger

    Field

    Value

    Shared with Vendor

    True

  • Field Mapping

    Do not change the following out-of-the-box field mappings.

    Field

    Value

    post_type

    comment#vendor

    ticketNumber

    Incident Number

    Author

    Full name

    Attachment Object 1.name

    Attachment 1 filename

    Attachment Object 1.content

    Attachment 1

    Attachment Object 2.name

    Attachment 2 filename

    Attachment Object 2.content

    Attachment 2

    Attachment Object 3.name

    Attachment 3 filename

    Attachment Object 3.content

    Attachment 3

    Note

    You can change the out-of-the-box field mapping for the text field. Default value is set to Notes.

    However, BMC recommends that you retain the existing mapping.

By default, the Create Incident Activity Note flow is used. Instead of the default flow, if you want to use the Create Incident Activity Note with Author flow, you must make changes to the flow.

For more information about using the flow, see Updating flows.


Send Error Notification flow
  • Trigger

    Field

    Value

    Flow Target

    Multi-Cloud

  • Field Mapping

    Field

    Value

    To

    Enter the email account that will receive the error notification.

    Subject

    Flow Title

    From
    Note:
    The value of this field is set to Integration Service.

    NA

    Note

    You can change the following out-of-the-box field mappings:

    • Subject
    • From

    However, BMC recommends that you retain the existing mappings.

Create Jira Service Desk Issue

  • Trigger 
    The following trigger conditions are provided out-of-the-box:
    Field
    Value
    Condition is
    ${webhookContext.466000228} = "Jira Service Desk"
    Include All Fields is
    true
    is New
    is true
  • Field Mapping
    • Flow Target 1 (Jira Service Desk)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      Issue Summary
      Summary
      Labels
      Remedy Incident Number
    • Flow Target 2 (BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      Status
      Note: The value of this field is set to New.
      NA
      Parent Ticket Id
      ID
      Parent Ticket Type Note: The value of this field is set to Incident.
      NA
      Vendor Ticket Id
      (Target 1) Issue Key
      Vendor Ticket Properties
      • fields.summary
      • key
      • fields.status.name
      • fields.issuetype.name
      • (Target 1) Issue Summary
      • (Target 1) Issue Key
      • (Target 1) Status
      • (Target 1) Issue Type
    • Flow Target 3 (ITSM)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      Incident Number
      Remedy Incident Number
      Broker Vendor Name
      Webhook Condition Parameter

Update Jira Service Desk Issue from Multi-Cloud Incident

  • Trigger 
    The following trigger conditions are provided out-of-the-box:
    Field
    Value
    Condition is
    ${webhookContext.466000243} = "true"
    Include All Fields is
    true
    Record Event equals
    update
    Source ID contains
    NA
  • Field Mapping
    • Flow Target 1 (BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      Parent Ticket Id
      ID
    • Flow Target 2 (Jira Service Desk)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      Issue Key
      (Target 1) Vendor Ticket Id
      Issue Description
      Description
      Issue Summary
      Summary
    • Flow Target 3 (BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      incidentNumber
      Remedy Incident Number
      Sync Vendor Ticket
      false

Sync Jira Service Desk Issue to Multi-Cloud Incident

Use this flow when you want direct data updates between a Jira Service Desk issue and an incident.

  • Trigger 
    The following trigger conditions are provided out-of-the-box:
    Field
    Value
    Project is
    NA
    Is Modified
    is true
    Labels matches
    INC
  • Field Mapping
    • Flow Target 1 (BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      Status
      Status
      Vendor Ticket Id
      Issue Key
      Vendor Ticket Properties
      • fields.summary
      • key
      • fields.status.name
      • fields.issuetype.name
      • Issue Summary
      • Issue Key
      • Status
      • Issue Type
    • Flow Target 2 (BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      Issue Key
      (Target 1) Vendor Ticket Id
      Issue Description
      Description
      Issue Summary
      Summary
    • Flow Target 3 (BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker)
      The following mappings are provided out-of-the-box:
      Field
      Value
      incidentNumber
      (Target 1) Parent Ticket Id
      Summary
      (Target 1) Issue Summary
      Description
      (Target 1) Issue Description
      Priority
      Priority


List of connector targets for integration with Jira Service Desk

When a ticket is brokered from Jira Service Desk to ITSM, the ticket data first comes in BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker before being sent to ITSM. To send the data from BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker to ITSM, you must configure the MCSM ITSM connector target and set it in the Connector Process ITSM. Similarly, when a ticket is brokered from ITSM to Jira Service Desk, the ticket data first comes in BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker before being sent to Jira Service Desk. To send the data from BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker to Jira Service Desk, you must configure the MCSM JIRA Service Desk connector target and set it in the Connector Process JIRA Service Desk.


MCSM ITSM connector target

For the MCSM ITSM connector target, define the connection configuration and profile required by the connector process.


MCSM JIRA Service Desk connector target

For the Connector Targets, define the connection configuration and profile required by the connector process in BMC Helix Platform.

 

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