Another useful feature of Power Scripts™ for Jira is the ability to randomly run SIL™ scripts on demand using the SIL Runner Gadget. This enables you to configure a list of scripts that can be run at any time directly from your Dashboard.

Adding Gadget to a Dashboard

1. To add a SIL Runner Gadget to a dashboard, click the Add gadget button from your dashboard. If you don’t see this button they you are not the owner of the dashboard and don’t have permissions to edit it.
   

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2. Make sure that all the gadgets are loaded in the menu. You may need to click the “Load all gadgets” link.
   

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2. Under the “Other” category of gadgets you will find the SIL Scripts Gadget
   

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2. Click Add gadget

Configuring Gadget

To configure the gadget:

1. Click the the ellipse icon in the upper right corner of the gadget'

2. Click Edit
   

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   NOTE: The configuration screen is only available to Jira Administrators and System Administrators and enables them to manage the list of available SIL™ scripts. They can add, configure security and delete scripts or edit the parameters of a runnable SIL™ script.

2. Click the pencil icon to edit a script from the list.

3. Follow the steps below for instructions on how to configure a script in the gadget.

Adding/Configuring a Gadget Script

1. From the configuration screen, click the Add button to add a new script
   

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2. To add a script to the runner, give it a name, description, and select a file containing the script.
   

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3. Optionally, a custom parameters form can be created to generate a form for the script to use as input.
   

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Adding Script Permissions

You can also select a security option in the Gadget to restrict script usage to specific users or groups

. To add a permission click the ‘people’ icon from the gadget configuration screen.

• Public - the script will be available for any user

• Group - the script will be available only if the currently logged in user is a member of the specified group (use a group picker to select a group)

• User - the script will be available only if the currently logged in user is the same as the specified one (user picker is used)

• Project role - the script will available only if the currently logged in user is in a specific role on a specific project (project picker is used)

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