Connect to Jira Service Desk Data in RazorSQL

The CData JDBC Driver for Jira Service Desk enables standards-based access from third-party tools, from wizards in IDEs to data management and analysis tools. This article shows how to connect to Jira Service Desk using wizards in RazorSQL.

Create a JDBC Data Source for Jira Service Desk Data

1. Open the RazorSQL application and, in the Connections menu, select Add Connection Profile -> Other -> JDBC.
2. In the Connection Wizard that appears, set the following properties:
   • Driver Location: Set this property to the path to the lib subfolder in the installation directory.
   • Driver Class: Set the driver class to cdata.jdbc.jiraservicedesk.JiraServiceDeskDriver.
   • Username: Enter the username. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
   • Password: Enter the password. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)

   • JDBC URL: Enter connection parameters. The JDBC URL begins with jdbc:jiraservicedesk: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

     You can establish a connection to any Jira Service Desk Cloud account or Server instance.

     Connecting with a Cloud Account

     To connect to a Cloud account, you'll first need to retrieve an APIToken. To generate one, log in to your Atlassian account and navigate to API tokens > Create API token. The generated token will be displayed.

     Supply the following to connect to data:

     • User: Set this to the username of the authenticating user.
     • APIToken: Set this to the API token found previously.

     Connecting with a Service Account

     To authenticate with a service account, you will need to supply the following connection properties:

     • User: Set this to the username of the authenticating user.
     • Password: Set this to the password of the authenticating user.
     • URL: Set this to the URL associated with your JIRA Service Desk endpoint. For example, https://yoursitename.atlassian.net.

     Note: Password has been deprecated for connecting to a Cloud Account and is now used only to connect to a Server Instance.

     Accessing Custom Fields

     By default, the connector only surfaces system fields. To access the custom fields for Issues, set IncludeCustomFields.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

     For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Jira Service Desk JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.jiraservicedesk.jar

     Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

     A typical JDBC URL is the following:

     jdbc:jiraservicedesk:ApiKey=myApiKey;User=MyUser;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Query Jira Service Desk Data and Select Tables

After establishing a connection, the wizard will close and the connection will be available in the connections panel. You can then query the tables.