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Integrate Live Jira Data into Custom Business Apps Built in Power Apps
Use CData Connect Cloud to connect to Jira data and integrate live Jira data into apps built in Microsoft Power Apps.
Power Apps is a service for building and using custom business apps that connect to your data and work across the web and mobile — without the time and expense of custom software development. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, you get instant, cloud-to-cloud access to Jira data from the apps you build using Power Apps. This article shows how to connect to Connect Cloud from Power Apps and build an app based on live Jira data.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure SQL, cloud-to-cloud interface for Jira, allowing you to easily integrate with live Jira data in Power Apps — without replicating the data. CData Connect Cloud looks exactly like a SQL Server database to Power Apps and uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Jira, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Jira data.
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 Power Apps
Connectivity to Jira from Power Apps is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Jira data from Power Apps, 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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Add a Personal Access Token
If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.
- Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
- On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
- Give your PAT a name and click Create.
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- The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Jira data from Power Apps.
Connecting to CData Connect Cloud
To use Connect Cloud to integrate Jira data into your Power Apps, you need a new SQL Server connection:
- Log in to Power Apps
- Click Dataverse -> Connections -> New connection
- Select SQL Server
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- In the connection wizard:
- Choose to connect directly
- Set SQL server name to tds.cdata.com,14333
- Set SQL database name to the name of the Jira connection (e.g. JIRA1)
- Set Username to a Connect Cloud user (e.g. user@mydomain.com)
- Set Password to the PAT for the above user
- Click Create
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Building a Data-Centric App for Jira Data
With the connection to Connect Cloud configured, you are ready to integrate live Jira data into the apps you build in Power Apps.
- Log in to Power Apps
- Click Create and select "SQL"
![]( "Creating a new app from data")
- Select the SQL Server connection you created
- Search for or choose a table to work with
- Click Connect
![]( "Connecting to Jira data")
- Customize the newly created app just like you would any other, including changing the layout and setting the fields exposed in BrowseScreen, DetailScreen, and EditScreen
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At this point, you have an app with read access to live Jira data that you can save and publish for use within your organization.
SQL Access to Jira Data from Cloud Applications
Now you have a direct connection to live Jira data from Microsoft Power Apps. You can create more connections and apps to drive business — all without replicating Jira data.
To get real-time data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications, sign up for a free trial of CData Connect Cloud.
