Atlassian Integration Guide : Dragons Stage 9 - Bamboo Gadgets and JIRA Victory

 
You're nearly there. Stage 9 is the final step in the Atlassian Dragon Quest. The dragon is a softy!

In this stage you will add the 'Bamboo Plans' and 'Plan Summary' gadgets to your JIRA dashboard. Then you can claim your T-shirt.

Time estimate: This stage will take approximately 5 minutes.

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Step 1. Make your Bamboo Gadgets Available in JIRA

Now you will make your Bamboo gadgets available in JIRA, so that JIRA users will be able to add any Bamboo gadget to their dashboards.

  1. Go to your JIRA browser window and click Dashboards in JIRA's top navigation bar.
  2. Click Add Gadget.
  3. The 'Gadget Directory' popup window will appear. Click Gadget Subscriptions.
  4. The 'Gadget Subscriptions' popup window will appear. Click Add Subscription.
  5. The 'Add Subscriptions' popup window will appear. Copy the base URL for your Bamboo site (for example, http://coopers:8085/bamboo/ or http://www.foobar.com:8085/bamboo/) and paste it into the text box on the screen.
  6. Click Add Subscription.
  7. Click Finished.

Step 2. Add Two Bamboo Gadgets to JIRA

Now you will add the 'Bamboo Plans' and 'Plan Summary' gadgets to your Dragon Development Dashboard in JIRA.

  1. Go to your JIRA dashboard and click Add Gadget.
  2. The 'Gadget Directory' popup window will appear. Enter 'bamboo' into the search box at top right of the gadget directory screen.
  3. The list of gadgets will change, to show only the gadgets that match your search term. Find the Bamboo Plan Summary Chart gadget and click Add it Now. The gadget will be highlighted for a short time and the button's wording will change to 'Adding', while JIRA adds the gadget to the dashboard.
  4. Find the Bamboo Plans gadget and add it too.
  5. Click Finished to go back to your dashboard.
  6. Configure the 'Bamboo Plans' gadget:
    • If prompted, click Login & approve.
      • Log in to Bamboo as 'charlie'.
      • The 'Request for Access' screen will appear. Click Approve Access. This is how you, as the Bamboo user, allow your JIRA site to access your Bamboo data.
      • The 'Bamboo Plans' gadget on your JIRA dashboard will now display some configuration fields.
    • Uncheck Use my favourite plans.
    • Start typing 'dragons' in the textbox and select Dragons - All Plans in dropdown menu that opens.
    • Click the dropdown arrow next to Refresh Interval and select Every 15 Minutes.
    • Click Save.
  7. Configure the 'Plan Summary' gadget:
    • If prompted, click Login & approve, then Approve Access.
    • Click the dropdown arrow next to Chart Type and select Duration & Failed Tests (group by Build Number).
    • Click the dropdown arrow next to Refresh Interval and select Every 15 Minutes.
    • Click Save.
  8. Choose a different colour for your 'Bamboo Plans' gadget:
    • Move your cursor pointer over the gadget and click the downward-pointing arrow at top right of the gadget frame.
    • Select the purple square in the row of colours.
  9. Colour your 'Plan Summary' gadget purple too.
  10. Drag the 'FishEye Recent Changesets' gadget to the bottom right of your dashboard. Drag the 'Confluencew QuickNav gadget to the top left. (This gadget shuffling is optional, just to make everything fit into the screenshot you will take later, when you claim your Atlassian DragonSlayer T-shirt.)

Problems? Please raise a support ticket for the product you're stuck on, or see answers from the community.
Victory? Please continue.

The Battle is Won, the Dragon is Slain

Your JIRA dashboard now has 8 gadgets:

  • The 'Confluence QuickNav' gadget
  • The 'Bamboo Plans' gadget
  • The Bamboo 'Plan Summary' gadget
  • The 'Crucible Charts' gadget
  • The 'Assigned to Me' gadget
  • The 'Projects' gadget
  • The GreenHopper 'Agile Gadget'
  • The 'FishEye Recent Changesets' gadget

Screenshot 1 (click to enlarge): JIRA dashboard with 8 gadgets

Problems? Please raise a support ticket for the product you're stuck on, or see answers from the community.
Victory? Please continue.

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