By integrating CloudBees Feature Management feature flags with Jira issues, you can:
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Quickly determine within CloudBees Feature Management if a Jira issue is completed.
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View a listing of all Jira issues relevant to a feature rollout in the CloudBees Feature Management UI.
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Assist in preventing accidental flag configuration updates before all relevant Jira issues are completed.
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Facilitate deletion of unused flags to maintain cleaner code. Refer to Deleting feature flags for more information.
| The following instructions are for Jira integration using a Jira API token. To learn more, refer to Integrating with a Jira API token. |
Adding a Jira issue to a flag
To coordinate flag tasks, such as ensuring that you have removed all flag references from the code prior to flag deletion, you can add Jira issues to a flag.
| You must first integrate CloudBees Feature Management with Jira using a Jira API token, and each issue must first exist in Jira before it can be added to a flag. |
To add an issue from Jira to a flag:
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From the CloudBees Feature Management Home page, select Flags in environments, and then select an environment.
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Select a flag, and then select the Jira tab.
The number of Jira issues connected to a flag are listed on the Jira tab. -
Select Add Jira issue.
Figure 1. The Jira issue tab and Add Jira issue highlighted -
Optionally, create a new Jira issue by selecting Create issue. The Jira website opens in a new browser tab.
Figure 2. Create issue highlighted -
Search for your Jira issue (newly created or existing) using the exact issue key, or the summary subtext.
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Select any number of issues from the search results list.
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Select Add selected.
Figure 3. Search results for an example Jira issue, with checkbox and Add selected highlighted
Your Jira issue is added to a flag.
Completing a Jira issue
When the Jira issue is closed or marked as complete from within the Jira UI, it is marked as complete in CloudBees Feature Management with a strikethrough in the issue number and issue name.
Removing a Jira issue from a flag
You can remove Jira issues from any flag, regardless of completion status.
To remove a Jira issue:
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From the CloudBees Feature Management Home page, select Flags in environments, and then select an environment.
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Select a flag, and then select the Jira tab.
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Select the trash can icon next to the issue you want to remove.
The Jira issue is removed from the flag.