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Access Live Jira Data in Google Sheets
Use CData Connect Cloud to gain access to live Jira data from your Google Sheets.
Google Sheets is a web-based spreadsheet program provided by Google. When integrated with CData Connect Cloud, you can effortlessly gain access to Jira data directly within Google Sheets for tasks such as data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article offers a comprehensive guide on connecting to Jira within your Connect Cloud instance and accessing live Jira data seamlessly within Google Sheets.
CData Connect Cloud offers a seamless cloud-to-cloud interface designed for Jira, enabling effortless access to live Jira data directly within Google Sheets. Use the dedicated Connect Cloud Google Sheets Plug-In to connect with live Jira data. With built-in optimized data processing, CData Connect Cloud efficiently channels all supported query operations, including filters, JOINs, and more, directly to Jira. This leverages server-side processing to promptly retrieve the desired Jira data.
This setup requires a CData Connect Cloud instance and the CData Connect Cloud Add-On for Google Sheets. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect Cloud and install the free Connect Cloud Google Sheets Add-On.
About Jira Data Integration
CData simplifies access and integration of live Jira data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:
- Gain bi-directional access to their Jira objects like issues, projects, and workflows.
- Use SQL stored procedures to perform functional actions like changing issues status, creating custom fields, download or uploading an attachment, modifying or retrieving time tracking settings, and more.
- Authenticate securely using a variety of methods, including username and password, OAuth, personal access token, API token, Crowd or OKTA SSO, LDAP, and more.
Most users leverage CData solutions to integrate Jira data with their database or data warehouse, whether that's using CData Sync directly or relying on CData's compatibility with platforms like SSIS or Azure Data Factory. Others are looking to get analytics and reporting on live Jira data from preferred analytics tools like Tableau and Power BI.
Learn more about how customers are seamlessly connecting to their Jira data to solve business problems from our blog: Drivers in Focus: Collaboration Tools.
Getting Started
Configure Jira Connectivity for Google Sheets
Connectivity to Jira from Google Sheets is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Jira data from Google Sheets, we start by creating and configuring a Jira connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
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- Select "Jira" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Jira.
To connect to JIRA, provide the User and Password. Additionally, provide the Url; for example, https://yoursitename.atlassian.net.
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- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Jira Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
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With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Jira data from Google Sheets.
Access Live Jira Data from Google Sheets
The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Google Sheets to access live Jira data.
- Log into Google Sheets, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
- Click Add-ons and click Get Add-ons (if you have already installed the Add-on, jump to step 5).
- Search for CData Connect Cloud Add-On and install the Add-on.
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- Authorize the Add-On.
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- Back in Google Sheets, click Add-ons and open the CData Connect Cloud Add-On.
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- In the Add-On panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
![]( "Authenticating with CData Connect Cloud")
- In the CData Connect Cloud panel in Google Sheets, click Import
![]( "CData Connect Cloud panel in Google Sheets")
- Choose a Connection (e.g. JIRA1), Table (e.g. Issues, and Columns to import
![]( "Cheesing a Connection, Table, and Columns")
- Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
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- Click Execute to import the data
Live Access to Jira Data from Cloud Applications
New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Jira data from your Google Sheets workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.
Try CData Connect Cloud and get real-time data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.
