Dependency scan differences between Power Admin and Configuration Manager for Jira (CMJ)

Owned by Julver Petrova
Jul 14, 2023
1 min read

Both Power Admin and CMJ inspect object dependencies, but they operate separately and serve different purposes. When inspecting a configuration element through Power Admin, you may encounter fewer dependencies compared to when migrating with CMJ. That’s because each tool fulfills a different use case.

Power Admin tries to find everything that is associated with the configuration object you've selected. This way, you can fix or update any broken or unwanted correlations. However, when scanning for dependencies Power Admin looks for direct matches - elements referring to that object by its name or id. This approach allows you to clearly see the direct references to the object, instead of spending time filtering out the indirect ones first.

On the other hand, CMJ searches for everything referenced by and to a specific configuration object - be it a direct or indirect dependency. It's designed like this so that it doesn't miss any important associations and break the target instance configuration.

For example …

If you search for filters where the project A is used, here is what will happen:

  • Power Admin will show you results from all filters where there’s a direct reference to the project, i.e. project = ABC and project != ABC;

  • CMJ will show you results from all filters, i.e. project = ABC, project != ABC, and project != XYZ because projects different from XYZ means all projects that are not XYZ which includes ABC (ABC != XYZ).

So, it's completely normal for Power Admin and CMJ to return different results when it comes to the dependencies and usages of a configuration element.