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By linking a Jira issue in Salesforce, you can easily communicate the linking information from the Salesforce object to a Jira issue, keeping the Jira team within the loop.
Prerequisites
- Your administrator has completed a project binding as well as entity and field mappings in Jira.
- Your administrator has configured the Visualforce pages required for the Object.
Linking a Jira Issue
1. In a Salesforce object, click Associate/Create.
2. Click Create Jira Issue and and the issue creation window will appear. 
3. Choose the desired Jira Project and Issue Type. All All field and value mappings set by your administrator will be used to create the Jira issue.
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