Configuration of Atlassian Jira as a change management system
You can use Atlassian Jira as a change management system in Rational® Test Automation Server to create issues in the Jira project for the tests that ran in Rational® Test Automation Server. Links to the Jira issues are displayed on the Results page in Rational® Test Automation Server, and you can then view and track the Jira issues in Jira.
Prerequisites
Before you configure Jira as a change management system on Rational® Test Automation
Server, you must have
completed the following tasks:
- Installed Jira Software. See Supported installations.
- Ensured that you obtained the access and authentication details to Jira from the Jira administrator.
- Ensured that you are assigned a role as a Project Owner or Tester in the project. See Managing access to the server projects.
- Created a project in your team space in Rational® Test Automation Server. See Adding a project.
Supported installations
The following types of Jira Software installations are supported that can be
configured as a change management system on Rational® Test Automation
Server:
- On-premise Jira Software installations.
- On-cloud Jira Software installations.
Task flow
You can follow the tasks that are listed in the following table when you want to use
Jira as a change management system on Rational® Test Automation
Server. The table also
provides you the links to the information about the tasks.
| Task | Go to... |
|---|---|
| Add a Jira Software server URL on the Integration page of Rational® Test Automation Server, and then generate the API keys that authenticate Rational® Test Automation Server as an application in Jira. | Adding a Jira Software server URL |
| Set up an application link for Rational® Test Automation Server in the Jira server. | Setting up an application link in the Jira server |
| Configure Jira as a change management system on Rational® Test Automation Server. | Configuring Jira as a change management system |
| Create defects or issues for tests that ran on Rational® Test Automation Server. | Creating Jira issues for tests that ran |
| View details of the Jira issues that you created from Rational® Test Automation Server. | Viewing details of the Jira issues |
You can manage the Jira server settings that you configured in Rational® Test Automation Server. You can edit the saved configuration or you can delete the configuration. For more information, see Managing the Jira server configuration.