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It is possible to configure a connection to send email notifications to all Case owners whenever a Jira comment is created or updated.

Configuring

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Configure email notifications

  1. If

you are
  1. using Jira Cloud, click

the Jira icon
  1. Settings (⚙️ ) in the top

left (Image RemovedImage RemovedImage Removed, or Image Removed)Salesforce >
  1. right corner. Under CONNECTOR FOR SALESFORCE, click Connections.
    If you are using Jira Server,

click Image Removed >
  1. click Settings > Add-ons, and then in the sidebar, go to Salesforce

  1. Connections.

  2. Choose the connection

you want
  1. to configure, then under Operations, click Configure

under Operations
  1. .

  2. Scroll down to Salesforce Notification Settings and

click the
  1. toggle

button
  1. Simple Email Notification to

switch
  1. enable the feature

on

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  1. .

  • Make sure to click Apply Changes to save your settings.
    1. toggle Simple email notification in SalesforceImage Added
    2. Select a Sender Type.

    Email
    1. The email address used as the email's From and Reply-To addresses can be one of the following:

      • Current User: The email address of the user running the flow

    , i. e.
      • . For example, the Salesforce user who has authorized the Salesforce Connection in Jira.

      • Default Workflow User: The email address of the default workflow user of the Salesforce organization.

      • Organization-Wide Email Address: A specific organization-wide email address that needs to be specified in Connection Configuration.

    For more information on configuring Organization
    1. If the Sender Type is set to Org-Wide Email

    Addresses, consult the Salesforce documentation.

    Sender Address

    Enter the email
    1. Address, enter the address of the organization-wide email

    in this field, if the Sender Type is set to "Organization-Wide Email Address". This field is ignored otherwise
    1. . Otherwise, this field is not required.

    2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Apply Changes to save your settings.

    For more information on configuring Organization-Wide Email Addresses, consult the Salesforce documentation.

    Email Format

    An email

    similar to the following screenshot will be

    is sent out to Case owners

    :

    .

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    • The email has a fixed format.

    • The email subject

    will be
    • is similar to Jira emails that are sent out for comments and issue update notifications.

    Conditions and Limitations

    For the notification emails to be sent out, the following must be true:

    • The connection to Salesforce is properly authorized

    properly
    • .

    • Case objects are supported.

    • The

    "
    • Notify by Simple Email

    "
    • flag is enabled for the connection.

    • A valid sender is configured.

    For a comment creation or update to trigger the notification email:

    • The issue the comment belongs to must be associated

    to
    • with at least one Case object in Salesforce.

    • The association is not view only (

    i. e.
    • for example, it is a synchronized association).

    • The body of the comment (created or updated body) satisfies existing Jira Comment Privacy filters (Show All, Viewable by All Users).

    Note that as of now
    • Currently, this configuration is only visible

    in
    • on the Salesforce package configuration page.

    • The body of the comment satisfies existing Jira Comment Tag filters.

    Note that as of now
    • Currently, this configuration is only visible

    in
    • on the Salesforce package configuration page.

    Known limitations

    :

    • The email body is in plain text. HTML is currently unsupported. This is a known limitation of the Salesforce simpleEmail API.