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How to automatically create a Jira Software Issue from an OpsGenie alert

Elisa Escapa_9r84x5

I have tried searching the Community (and Google) for this exact scenario, but have come up blank.

Illustrating an example (names changed for security): One of our OpsGenie alerts periodically comes in titled (Alias), "Transfer failed". We want OpsGenie/Jira Software to automatically create an Issue ticket in our "Tech Support" (TS) Project, when this alert is created in OpsGenie.

As far as I can tell, you can only configure this from OpsGenie > Settings > INTEGRATIONS > Configured integrations > Jira Service Management > Settings > For other Opsgenie alerts:

Is there no other way to automatically create issues from an OpsGenie Alert?

PS: We're already aware you can link issues to an Opsgenie Incident

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Nick Haller

Hi @Elisa Escapa ,

That is correct - the only way to create Jira issues from Opsgenie alerts is through the For other Opsgenie alerts: section within the integration.

Based on the screenshot you shared above, any alert that contained one of those conditions in the alias field of an alert would trigger the integration, and create in issue in the configured Jira project under these settings:

^ That's where you'd configure Issue Type; Ticket, and Project Key; TS.

Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any additional questions.

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Nick Haller

Hi @Elisa Escapa ,

That is correct - the only way to create Jira issues from Opsgenie alerts is through the For other Opsgenie alerts: section within the integration.

^ That's where you'd configure Issue Type; Ticket, and Project Key; TS.

Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any additional questions.

Elisa Escapa_9r84x5

Hi Nick, thank you so much for confirming!

If that's the case, then it sounds like there isn't a way to take this further and be able to map alert properties into issue fields? For example, say we had a custom field in Jira Software called Issue Category, and I want its value to be "Alerts: Transfer Failure" when the OG alert it was created from includes the words "Transfers failed" in that specific order.

I've heard about OEC but not entirely sure whether that is a way to work around this?

Nick Haller

OEC is definitely what we suggest for working around this!

You would install the OEC service on a server, and it will sit in the middle of Opsgenie and Jira. Opsgenie alerts would send to OEC, which will then execute a script to create Jira issues. You can modify the OEC script to customize things such as configure it to set an Opsgenie alert field as a required custom field in Jira (such as the Issue Category).

Hope that helps! Let us know if you have any other questions.

EDIT: I should have mentioned this as well, but Opsgenie has a new Jira and JSM Integration Framework that offers the option to map custom required fields without using OEC! It's still in beta so if you'd be interested in testing, please open a ticket with Opsgenie support here: https://support.atlassian.com/opsgenie/

Elisa Escapa_9r84x5

Oh that's brilliant, thank you for suggesting the beta feature! I'll ask Support for access, thank you so much for going up and beyond a standard answer 😄

Edon Freiner

Seems like this is what I get, but we dont use this field, why is opsgeni requiring us to use it?

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Nick Haller

Opsgenie sends a label (fromOG) to Jira / JSM when an Opsgenie alert creates a Jira / JSM issue. Which is why it's required.

Edon Freiner

ahhh got it, ok thanks

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