This page last changed on Mar 17, 2010 by alui.

The Atlassian Connector for Eclipse allows you to monitor, add and update JIRA issues while remaining in your integrated development environment.

Before reading the information below, please make sure that you have installed the Atlassian Connector for Eclipse, as described in the installation guide, and defined a task repository for at least one JIRA server, as described in the configuration guide.

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User Guide

For information on setting up your JIRA server in Eclipse, please read the configuration guide.

Summary of What You Can Do

Below are the highlights of viewing and acting upon JIRA issues within Eclipse. Follow the links to the relevant sections of the user guide.

Creating a query

The first step is to connect to a JIRA repository.

To connect to a JIRA repository,

  1. Make the Task Repositories view visible using the menu Window > Show View > Other and select Tasks -> Task Repositories.
  2. Click the 'Add Task Repository' icon in the toolbar of the view.

    A wizard for setting the repository properties is displayed.
  3. Choose JIRA (supports 3.4 and later) from the list of connectors and select Next. The 'JIRA Repository Settings' screen will display:
  4. Enter the URL of your JIRA instance as the 'Server' URL (e.g. 'http://jira.atlassian.com').
  5. Enter the label for the JIRA instance (e.g. 'JAC'). This will display in your Eclipse IDE for the JIRA instance.
  6. Enter your 'User ID' and 'Password' for the JIRA instance.
  7. Click the 'Validate Settings' button to verify that the entered credentials are valid.
  8. Select Finish to create the repository. You will then be prompted to create a query.
  9. Click 'Yes' to start creating a new query.

To create a new query,

  1. 'Create query using form' will be selected by default. Click Next. On the query creation, Mylyn will download the repository configuration which can take a few minutes. The 'Edit Repository Query' window will display. Enter the following information:
    • Enter a Query Title that for your query.
    • Choose search parameters that define the query.
  2. Click the Finish button to add the query to your task list.

The Java perspective displays the task list in the upper right section of the workbench. If it is not visible go to Window > Show View > Other and select Tasks > Task List. The task list shows the list of tasks that match the query. The blue arrow icons indicate that the task have incoming changes. Double clicking a task will bring up the task editor.

Screenshot: Task List

The task editor displays the attributes, description and comments of a JIRA issue and allows you to edit the issue.
Screenshot: Task Editor

Creating a new issue

To create a new issue,

  1. Click the 'New Task' icon in toolbar of the Task List. The 'New Task' wizard will display.
  2. Choose your repository (e.g. 'JAC') from the list of repositories.
  3. Select Next to and choose a project from the list of projects.
  4. Select Finish to open the editor for entering task details.
RELATED TOPICS

Refer to the JIRA documentation for more information about JIRA functionality.


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