Tempo synchronization

To synchronize with Tempo Apps make sure to have one of the following installed:

• Tempo Timesheets for JIRA v. 7.9 (released on 2014-05-05) and later,
• Tempo Planner for JIRA v. 1.3 (released on 2014-06-11) and later,
• Tempo Budgets for JIRA v. 8.0 (released on 2015-05-01) and later.

What features can be synchronized?

The "Synchronize with Tempo" buttons trigger the synchronization between BigPicture Enterprise and the Tempo plugin of your choice.

Workload and Holiday Plans synchronization

The Workload Schemes which were imported from the Tempo plugin can be distinguished by:

• Tempo label,
• Tempo code.

Codes of these external Workload Plans were automatically generated in order to describe the external (Tempo's) WP's. These codes also have Tempo attached to their name so you cannot mistake them for our native codes. 

You might have also noticed that if before the synchronization in BP and in the Tempo plugin there were two workload patterns recorded under the same name: a Workload Plan and a Workload Scheme named „Full-time”, then after we proceed with the synchronization of a Workload Scheme -  a new „Full-time” Workload Plan was generated. As a result, we have two Workload Plans named: „Full-time” of which one is native and one is external. This decision was made in order to avoid any unwanted mistakes and keep our project safer. This is why we do not merge any objects and do not alter any data or information in any of your Workload records (even if they carry the same name).  

Plans updated using Tempo

One-way sync at request if provided by the app. 

Will the plans in Tempo be synchronized to reflect BigPicture? The answer is: "No, they won’t”. And it is not an error - it is indeed a feature. A feature that intends to give a user as much control over a project, as is possible. In order for the External Workload/Holiday plans to be synchronized correctly after changes were implemented in Tempo Schemes, you will have to use the "Synchronize with Tempo” button. This sort of behavior may seem to be far from intuitive, though (as we’ve mentioned) it is intended in order to give you as much control over the data flow between both plugins as it is possible.

Plans updated using BigPicture

What will happen if you decide to modify the synchronized Workload/Holiday Plan in BigPicture? Plans will be overwritten and a "pen" icon will be added to the label.

Deleting plans

What will happen when we decide to delete from Tempo Workload/Holiday Scheme which is synchronized with BP? It really depends if the object which you’ve deleted was either ‚synchronized’ or "overwritten".

• If the object is marked as 'synchronized', then during the Synchronization with Tempo it will also be deleted from BigPicture.
  
• If the object is marked as 'overwritten' (which means, you’ve implemented some changes from the perspective of BP, which are only visible in BP), then during the next synchronization with Tempo it WILL NOT be deleted and will become a 'native’ object.

Synchronization rules

The synchronization rules are summed up in the table below:

How does Resource synchronization work?

Which Resource attributes are synchronized with Tempo? When synchronizing Resources, what BigPicture does isrally synchronization of Resources in Workload and Holiday Plans. When it comes to Resource’s other attributes (name, surname, avatar, etc.), those are being pulled directly from JIRA as both: BP and Tempo are JIRA plugins and use the same pool of information.

Resource synchronization rules

Rules which apply to Resource synchronization are a bit different from the rules of Workload and Holiday Plans Synchronization, but the differences are really subtle since as we’ve already mentioned, both plugins use Resource data which is predefined in the user base in JIRA, and both pool the same data. This means that for both: Tempo and BP we are capable of finding the JIRA user which represents the same Resource. Below you can find a table that sums up and describes the rules of Resource synchronization. Those which differ Workload and Holiday Plan synchronization from Resource synchronization are marked with a blue color. 

It is worth mentioning that as Resources are dependent on W&H Plans, the BigPicture performs the implicit synchronization of Workload and Holiday Plans during a Resource synchronization.

Questions and answers

If I decide to overwrite a Workload/Holiday Plan, will that automatically overwrite Resources linked to that Workload/Holiday Plan?

You are probably wondering how would BigPicture act in a case when: 

1. You’ve synchronized Workload Plan, Holiday Plans, and Resources with Tempo which creates dependency in which in BP you have synchronized Resources which are assigned to synchronized Workload and Holiday Plans. 
2. You’ve modified in BP one of synchronized Workload Plans (or Holiday Plans) which made it become "overwritten". 

Will that make Resources (which are linked to it) ‚overwritten’ too? 

The answer is: "No." Changing the status of W/H Plans from synchronized to overwritten will not affect the Resources assigned to them. It is possible then to have synchronized Resource that is assigned to overwritten Workload / Holiday Plan.

How does the Team synchronization work?

Team names are used 

The following Team Tempo attributes are synced:

• Team Name 
• Team Summary 
• Team Members who are Jira users (including Team Members added via Jira groups). A Team Member is synchronized with all its Memberships, including:

• • Joining Date 
  • Leaving Date 
  • Skill 
  • Availability

The following Team Tempo attributes are NOT synchronized:

• Team Mission Team Lead (a user who is the team leader) 
• Team Program (Program in Tempo is a group of Teams; each Team Tempo can belong to a maximum of 1 such group) 
• Team Members who are not Jira users (Tempo allows you to add such "virtual" Members) 
• Permissions Links to Boards and Projects