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The Salesforce Package provides a set of Visualforce pages to show associated Jira issues and some operation buttons to create or associate. It also provides a page to view Jira comments related to the associated Jira issues. 

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guides you on how to configure Visualforce pages for both standard objects and custom objects in Salesforce.

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Using the Lightning view? Check out Configuring Lightning Experience components.

Ensure that you have already installed the Salesforce Package and configured a connection before continuing with this guide.

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Create a Visualforce page

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The package is shipped with ready-made Visualforce pages for Case. If you plan to use it for Case only, you can skip to

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Add a Visualforce page to an Object Layout. For other standard objects and custom objects, follow the steps in this section.

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Create a Jira Issues Visualforce page

  1. Go to Setup and type

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  1. Visualforce Page

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  1.  in the

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  1. Quick Find box.

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  2. Click New.

  3. Provide a name and a label for the Visualforce page. 
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  1. recommend using Jira Issues as the label and ObjectNameJiraIssuesPage as the name. Replace ObjectName accordingly. For example:

    • AccountJiraIssuesPage for Account

    • OpportunityJiraIssuesPage for Opportunity

    • MyCustomObject__cJiraIssuesPage for

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    • MyCustomObject__c

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  1. Paste the following into the Visualforce Markup editor:

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  1. JIRA Issues Visualforce Page

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  1. Code Block
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    <apex:page standardController="ObjectName" extensions="JCFS.GenericObjectController">
        <JCFS:JiraIssuesComponent son="{!son}" soid="{!soid}"></JCFS:JiraIssuesComponent>
    </apex:page>

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  1. JIRA Issues Visualforce Page

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    <apex:page standardController="ObjectName" extensions="JSFS.GenericObjectController">
        <JSFS:JiraIssuesComponent son="{!son}" soid="{!soid}"></JSFS:JiraIssuesComponent>
    </apex:page>
  2. Remember to replace

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  1. ObjectName accordingly.

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  2. Click Save.

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Create a Jira Comments Visualforce Page

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To display Jira comments for your object,

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repeat the steps in

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page section above with the following details:
Label: 

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Jira Comments

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Name: 

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ObjectNameJiraCommentsPage
Visualforce Markup:

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JIRA Comments Visualforce Page for Custom Objects

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<apex:page standardController="ObjectName" extensions="JCFS.GenericObjectController">
    <JCFS:JiraCommentsComponent son="{!son}" soid="{!soid}"></JCFS:JiraCommentsComponent>
</apex:page>

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JIRA Comments Visualforce Page for Custom Objects

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Code Block
languagexml
<apex:page standardController="ObjectName" extensions="JSFS.GenericObjectController">
    <JSFS:JiraCommentsComponent son="{!son}" soid="{!soid}"></JSFS:JiraCommentsComponent>
</apex:page>

Add a Visualforce page to an Object Layout

  1. Log in to your Salesforce instance and click Setup.

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  1. To customize your object Page Layout

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  1. , under the sidebar,

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  1. navigate to Build > Customize > (object name) > Page Layout.

  2. Choose the layout you want to edit in the list, then click Edit

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  1. Example of Case Page Layout

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  2. Under the Layout panel, scroll until you find Visualforce Pages.

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    If you don't see the Visualforce page you're looking for, review the steps in

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  1. Click and drag Section to a preferred section in the layout. Give this section a name

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  1. . In this case, we've named it

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  1. Jira Section

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  1.  and configured it as a two-column layout.

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  1. Click and drag Jira Issues and Jira Comments onto the newly-created

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  1. Jira Section

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  1. and place

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  1. them side by side.

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  1. You can also

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  1. adjust the properties so that

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  1. the panel

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  1. size is more usable (a minimum height of 500px is recommended).

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  2. Click Save.

Now, when you load an object's page, you

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can see the Jira

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issues associated with

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it, along with their comments.

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Upon creating a new Jira issue or associating

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it with an existing one, the Jira Comments page will refresh automatically.

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