Jira widget for release processes

This feature is in alpha and is currently available in all plans. If you are interested in trying it out, please contact moc.ecruosranostcatnoc

The Jira widget provides developers with greater visibility over the release process directly within SonarQube Cloud, thus reducing context switching and helping teams make faster, data-driven decisions. With the widget, you can view the number of open issues from the earliest unreleased Jira version, the version name, and the number of Jira tickets in that release.

Setting up your Jira integration

Permissions

To set up your Jira integration you need administrator permissions for your organization. Go to Your Organization > Administration > Permissions and select the Administer Organization checkbox for specific users or groups.

Binding Jira to your organization

First, you need to bind Jira to your organization before you can bind it to individual projects. Go to Your Organization > Administration > Organization settings > Jira

1. Enter the URL of the organization's Jira homepage, the pattern is: https://your organization.atlassian.net/, for example, https://sonarsource.atlassian.net/
2. Enter your Jira service account email address used to manage your Jira instance.
3. Enter your Jira API token. You can create one in the security section of the Atlassian Account portal.

Binding Jira project to your Sonar project

To bind Jira at a project level, go to Your Project > Administration > General Settings > Jira and select a Jira Project from the list. You can only connect one Jira project to a Sonar project. The dropdown list of bindable Jira projects shows up to 1000 items. Use the search option to quickly find a specific project.

Viewing Jira issues

You can view Jira issues on the Main Branch Summary page. The following information is displayed:

• The number of open Jira issues for a given version. Click on the issue count to view them in Jira.
• Release date
• Release version

The widget retrieves only open Jira issues from the earliest unreleased Jira version. If two or more unreleased versions have the same date or have no assigned date, the widget will select the version with the lowest release ID, which is the release that was created first.