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License | Available through Atlassian Marketplace. | Available through Atlassian Marketplace only. Monthly subscriptions are the default option; however, |
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Authentication Type | Secured basic authentication | OAuth2 |
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Sync direction | Manual & auto bi-directional is available | Manual & auto bi-directional is available |
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Associate Salesforce Objects |
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Get updates from Salesforce | Manual: Using Pull Changes in Remote System Reference. |
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Comments in Jira |
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JQL functions | Two functions available:
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Reporting | See |
JQL functions |
A dedicated reporting page to query associated Jira issues and show the count of associations for each. As well as JQL functions |
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Search page |
| A dedicated page to search for Salesforce objects, which also allows direct association and Jira issue creation from the search results. |
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Bulk operations | Available:
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Associate Jira issues |
Uses the Visualforce button utilizing an API endpoint provided by connector. |
It requires the current Salesforce user to have an account in Jira. |
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Create Jira issues |
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Implementation in Salesforce | Using Apex code to manually create Visualforce elements. |
Uses a managed package installed from AppExchange. The package contains |
a lightning component (two for Jira issues and two for comments). One is the NextGen and the old one for compatibility issues) and a Visualforce component. | ||
REST API Endpoints for Apex | Available |
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Custom buttons | Possible through Apex and Visualforce components | Not available |
Jira Projects | Only Jira Projects with mapping appear to the user when creating a Jira issue from Salesforce. |
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Differences in setup
Classic Server Connector | New Server Connector | Notes | |
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Need Jira on SSL? | Jira on SSL is required to connect with Salesforce with the new Server Connector |
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Easy setup via Salesforce-managed package? | Classic requires manual setup by Salesforce admins using Apex classes, triggers, and Salesforce. The new Server Connector |
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uses a Salesforce-managed package. |
Apex triggers and Visualforce panels |
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Jira can connect to multiple Salesforce instances |
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Salesforce can connect to multiple Jira instances |
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set up for new Server Connector, read this documentation: Setting up multiple Jira site integration | |||
Manual & auto bi-directional syncing? | |||
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Salesforce attachments are created as native attachments in Jira? | In Classic, all Salesforce attachments are either displayed as view-only in the Remote Attachments tab OR pushed to Jira as a native attachment. | ||
Jira attachments can be pushed and created as native attachments in Salesforce? | In Classic, Jira attachment cannot be pushed to Salesforce. | ||
Compatible with Salesforce Files object type? | |||
Authentication using JWT and OAuth? | In Classic, login |
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Salesforce user does not require user to log in to Jira? | In the new |
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performed through the backend for a seamless user experience. DC has an integration user(needs to be set up as part of the configuration) Cloud has an integration user created when the plugin is installed. | |||
Diagnostics Table? | |||
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Errors Logged in Jira Logs? | |||
Support for Visualforce (Classic) UI? | |||
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Support for standard and custom Salesforce objects? |