Power Scripts Product Tour

In the left side of the SIL Manager, you have the Files panel, which contains two main directories:

• silprograms, where you organize and store your scripts and related files;

• a settings folder called kepler.

• Create file folders.

• Organize your scripts, files, and programs by grouping them in different folders.

• Open the scripts you want to modify or run.

• Save the script you’re working on. Alternatively, you can use the Save () icon located on the main menu toolbar.

• Use the Search field to locate specific scripts.

• Collapse or expand the Files panel by clicking the vertical Files icon.

The Power Scripts editor is the central and largest panel in the SIL Manager. This is where you do the actual scripting.

• Create or modify your saved scripts.

• The name of the file you’re working on is shown at the top left corner of the editor.

• When you start typing, the SIL manager offers prompts for your script.

When working in the editor, you use the main menu toolbar to perform different actions or accomplish certain tasks.

• Use the File drop-down menu to create new folders and files and access the SIL manager settings.

• Use the Edit drop-down menu to search for specific text in the script, find and replace specific text, or go to a specific row and column in the script.

• Use the Insert drop-down menu to add a condition in your script.

• Use the Snippets drop-down menu to insert a snippet into your code. Snippets are small ready-to-edit sections of code that can be inserted into a larger script.

• Use the Window drop-down menu to switch between full-screen and regular mode.

• Use the Run drop-down menu to set the Default Script Context, which can be a specific Jira issue or global.
  The Run menu also lets you check, run, or debug the script you’re working on. To do this, you can also use the Check (), Run ( ), and Debug () icons on the main menu toolbar.

The tabs at the bottom of the SIL Manager display scripts-related data.

• The Editor console displays output for some of the scripts that you run.

• The Server log tab opens the actual Jira server log, where you can view Power Script errors.

• The Event viewer displays event data for the scripts you run or check. For more information about an event, click its Show details link.

As you can see in the screenshots above, each tab that you open contains additional menu icons situated in the right corner of the panel. Use these icons to perform actions specific to the panel you’ve opened. For example, in the Editor console you can copy the output, download it to a file or clear the results.

The vertical tabs on the right provide access to additional panels where you can create and manage SIL-specific variables and aliases and access the Power Scripts documentation.

• You can use the Persistent variables panel to create and assign values to variables that are not part of Jira, but are stored in the database.

• You can use the SIL Aliases panel to create aliases for custom fields created in Jira. You can then use the aliases instead of the Jira issue keys.

• In the SIL Help panel, you can open the online Power Scripts product documentation or use the search field to access the in-product help content.