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Automate creation of boards through filters in Jira Server versionn

RaviShan20

I am planning to automate the creation of Jira Board creation through filters using Jira Rest api's.

For this i will be creating UI in jira that will have custom fields which will get the inputs from the user.

So in order to create a filter JQL has to be given as input and initially i thought similar to basic search i can give each filter criteria as a seperate custom field and finally based on the user selection of fields i will concatenate and form the jql and create the filer. But that doesn't work out.

So now i am thinking of creating a scripted field that will mimic the functionality of advanced jql search in Jira. Is this possible and if yes how it can be achieved.Please provide example if any.Also i

If the above approach is not feasible or if that is not the best approach then kindly suggest me the best approach to get the jql filter as input from the user in a custom field in a jira screen and then validating it using java in the back end and then finally creating the filter if the jql input given by the user is valid.

What are the options to mimic the below Basic search using custom fields in Jira :

Basic Search.JPG

What are the options to mimic the below Advanced search using custom fields in Jira :

Advanced Search.JPG

Please provide the approaches and examples if any and let me know if you have any other queries.

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Ravi Varma

Hi @RaviShan20,

I have some recommendations for you, if that suits your solution:

Delegate the filter creation to native JIRA UI. Use that filter name/id, as part of your solution.
Agile boards have other configurations, apart from filter. You may want to include them as part of your solution.
Please let me know, how extensively the solution will be used by end users.
You may want to have a look at the third party apps provided by vendors that provide these features to figure out the feature level you want to put in, in your solution.

Regards,

Ravi Varma

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Ravi Varma

Hi @RaviShan20,

I have some recommendations for you, if that suits your solution:

Delegate the filter creation to native JIRA UI. Use that filter name/id, as part of your solution.
Agile boards have other configurations, apart from filter. You may want to include them as part of your solution.
Please let me know, how extensively the solution will be used by end users.
You may want to have a look at the third party apps provided by vendors that provide these features to figure out the feature level you want to put in, in your solution.

Regards,

Ravi Varma

RaviShan20

Hi @Ravi Varma

Thanks for the suggestion i am planning to use Jira Rest api's to automate the process of scrum and kanban board creation through filters.

So for filter creation i am using /rest/api/2/filter this rest api which takes jql query as a parameter and i want end users to provide jql either in basic or advanced search format.For this only i asked for options to mimic the basic or advanced search in Jira using custom fields.

Already project creation part in Jira has been automated and now we are trying to add the board creation functionality in the project creation part.

For board creation i am planning to use /rest/agile/1.0/board which takes board name,type and filter id as the parameter.What other configurations are to be included apart from this could you please shed some light here ?

If i want to use the native Jira UI for filter creation should i have a text type custom field which points to the native Jira UI filter creation page and how to capture filter values created using the native Jira UI filter in the screen which i am using to automate the jira board creation any idea/suggestions ?

The utlimate goal is to enable the end users create requests in Jira through which jira project creation along with board creation is done for them based on their inputs.

Let me know if you have any other queries.

RaviShan20

Hi @Ravi Varma

First of all thanks for your suggestion

But i have a couple of questions :

1.If i am delegating the filter creation to native Jira UI by providing a link to the native Jira UI filter creation page in the screen used for creation of Jira Board then how can i capture the filter name/id that is being created in the screen used for creation boards any idea/suggestions on how to achieve this?

Also what are all the other configurations apart from filter that has to be included for board creation could you please shed some light here ?

The ultimate goal of this to enable end users to raise a request in Jira that will enable them to create a project along with board through filters.Already project creation has been automated by my team and we are trying to extend the project creation functionality to include board creation as well.

For board creation i am planning to use /rest/agile/1.0/board rest api and for filter creation i am planning to use /rest/api/2/filter which takes jql as the parameter for which i need a way to get the jql from the end user.

Let me know if you have any other queries.

Ravi Varma

Hi @RaviShan20,

Based on your goal description above, I would suggest you provide a plain text box which would contain JQL. You can test the validity of the JQL at the server side in case of invalid JQL.
Mimicking the native JQL functionality is a big task which would take significant effort (as the IssueNavigator advanced screen is capable of producing complex JQLs)
What details are you going to capture when a user raises a JIRA request?
You may want to explore rest api for quick filters (Though optional, you can provide default quick filters), once the board is created
You may want to explore the mappings between statuses and columns

Regards,

Ravi Varma

Jan Stähle

Dear @RaviShan20

this is a very interesting feature - some of our customers are asking for. Do you intend to offer your solution or share it publicly?

Best,

Jan

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