The most widely used Jira Power BI connector is the one by Alpha Serve which is on Atlassian website.
It is a great solution but some companies need an alternative for several reasons:
1. The Alpha Serve Power BI Jira connector cost can be high for some companies. It is free for companies of up to 10 employees but the cost can increase quickly reaching up to $30,000 per year for the highest pricing tier. With our Jira Power BI connector you can pay a one-off set up fee and never have to worry about the subscription anymore.
2. Some companies want to have access to the source code of the Power BI Jira connector which is something that the Alpha Serve solution doesn’t allow. With our Jira Power BI connector the client will get access to the source code performing the integration.
3. The Alpha Serve connector is not available for certain countries like Ukraine. Our Power BI Jira connector is available in all the countries
4. The Alpha Serve connector does not allow the extraction of custom fields from Jira to Power BI. Our Power BI Jira connector enables the extraction of those fields.
Jira REST API allows you to extract specific data tailored to your needs. You can choose exactly what information you want to include in your dashboard, ensuring it aligns perfectly with your project requirements. By leveraging the API, you can automate the process of data extraction and dashboard creation. This saves time and effort, especially for repetitive tasks like generating daily or weekly reports.
We implement a seamless process by creating a serverless job hosted on the cloud platform of your choice, ensuring flexibility and scalability. This job is designed to fetch data from your Jira accounts at regular intervals, guaranteeing real-time access to the latest project information.
Upon extraction, the fetched data is securely stored in your preferred database or data warehouse. Whether you opt to utilize your existing database infrastructure or require a new setup, we accommodate your choice. We support a wide range of SQL databases and warehouses, including but not limited to SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, and Snowflake.
Customization is key, and we empower you to dictate how your data is handled. You have the liberty to specify any required transformations to ensure that the data aligns seamlessly with your organization’s standards and workflows. This ensures consistency and accuracy in your reporting and analytics.
To optimize efficiency, you can provide us with a list of tables from your Jira instance that you wish to retrieve data from. We then configure the data fetching process to selectively obtain only the specified tables, minimizing unnecessary data transfer and processing overhead.
Your report’s appearance and structure are entirely customizable according to your preferences. Simply outline your desired report format, and we’ll ensure that the fetched data is stored in a readily consumable format.
This lightweight, serverless solution offers numerous advantages. Not only does it significantly reduce operational costs, but it also requires minimal monitoring, allowing you to focus on core business activities. Moreover, its highly customizable nature ensures that it seamlessly integrates with your existing workflows and provides actionable insights tailored to your organization’s requirements.
All your agile boards information at one place
| Column Name | Type | Description |
| ID | Integer | Board ID |
| Name | String | Name of the Board |
| Self | String | Link to the Board |
| Type | String | Type of the Board(Scrum, Kanban etc.,) |
All your Backlogs of all the boards
| Name | Type | Description |
| flagged | Boolean | Indicates whether the issue is flagged. |
| sprint | Object | Details about the sprint associated with the issue, including its ID, name, state, and goal. |
| closedSprints | Array[Object] | Information about closed sprints, including their IDs, names, states, start dates, end dates, completion dates, and goals. |
| description | String | Description of the issue. |
| project | Object | Details about the project to which the issue belongs, including its ID, key, name, category, avatar URLs, and insights. |
| comment | Array[Object] | Comments made on the issue, including the author, body, creation date, ID, and visibility. |
| epic | Object | Information about the epic associated with the issue, including its ID, name, summary, color, and completion status. |
| worklog | Array[Object] | Work log entries for the issue, including details such as the author, comment, ID, start date, time spent, and visibility. |
| updated | Number | Timestamp indicating when the issue was last updated. |
| timetracking | Object | Details about time tracking for the issue, including original estimate, remaining estimate, time spent, and their respective formats. |
| BoardId | Integer | ID of the Board |
Epics of all your Boards across all projects and organizations
| Name | Type | Description |
| ID | Integer | Epic ID |
| Self | String | Link to the Epic |
| Name | String | Name of the Epic |
| Colour | Object | Contains key etc., |
| Done | Boolean | True or False |
| BoardID | Integer | Board ID |
All issues that belong to an epic on the board
| Name | Type | Description |
| flagged | Boolean | Indicates whether the issue is flagged. |
| sprint | Object | Details about the sprint associated with the issue, including its ID, name, state, and goal. |
| closedSprints | Array[Object] | Information about closed sprints, including their IDs, names, states, start dates, end dates, completion dates, and goals. |
| description | String | Description of the issue. |
| project | Object | Details about the project to which the issue belongs, including its ID, key, name, category, avatar URLs, insights, and more. |
| comment | Array[Object] | Comments made on the issue, including the author, body, creation date, ID, and visibility. |
| epic | Object | Information about the epic associated with the issue, including its ID, name, summary, color, and completion status. |
| worklog | Array[Object] | Work log entries for the issue, including details such as the author, comment, ID, start date, time spent, and visibility. |
| updated | Number | Timestamp indicating when the issue was last updated. |
| timetracking | Object | Details about time tracking for the issue, including original estimate, remaining estimate, time spent, and their respective formats. |
| BoardID | Integer | ID of the Board |
We can fetch other information as well that JIRA REST API provides like
