Connect to Jira Data in NetBeans

Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism

Connect to Jira data in NetBeans with the data source configuration wizard.

The CData JDBC Driver for Jira integrates connectivity to live Jira data in IDEs that support JDBC. The JDBC standard enables you to use built-in data access wizards and other tools supporting rapid development. This article shows how to connect to Jira data in NetBeans. You will create a connection and load Jira data in the Table Editor.

About Jira Data Integration

CData simplifies access and integration of live Jira data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:

Gain bi-directional access to their Jira objects like issues, projects, and workflows.
Use SQL stored procedures to perform functional actions like changing issues status, creating custom fields, download or uploading an attachment, modifying or retrieving time tracking settings, and more.
Authenticate securely using a variety of methods, including username and password, OAuth, personal access token, API token, Crowd or OKTA SSO, LDAP, and more.

Most users leverage CData solutions to integrate Jira data with their database or data warehouse, whether that's using CData Sync directly or relying on CData's compatibility with platforms like SSIS or Azure Data Factory. Others are looking to get analytics and reporting on live Jira data from preferred analytics tools like Tableau and Power BI.

Learn more about how customers are seamlessly connecting to their Jira data to solve business problems from our blog: Drivers in Focus: Collaboration Tools.

Getting Started

Create a JDBC Data Source for Jira in NetBeans

To create the JDBC data source, expand the Database node in the Service window, right-click the Drivers node, and select New Driver. In the New Driver wizard that results, enter the following information:

Driver File(s): Click Add and, in the file explorer dialog that appears, select the cdata.jdbc.jira.jar file. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
Driver Class: Click Find to search for the driver class inside the JAR. Then select cdata.jdbc.jira.JIRADriver from the menu.
Name: Enter the name for the driver.

👁 The JDBC driver definition. (Salesforce is shown.)

Define Connection Parameters

Follow the steps below to define required connection properties:

In the Service window, right-click the Database node and click New Connection.
In the New Connection Wizard, enter the following connection properties:
- Driver Name: In the menu, select the CData JDBC Driver for Jira.
- User Name: Enter the username. This can also be defined in the JDBC URL.
- Password: Enter the password. This can also be defined in the JDBC URL.
- JDBC URL: Specify the JDBC URL.
  
  To connect to JIRA, provide the User and Password. Additionally, provide the Url; for example, https://yoursitename.atlassian.net.
  
  Built-in Connection String Designer
  
  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Jira JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.
```
java -jar cdata.jdbc.jira.jar
```
  Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.
  👁 Using the built-in connection string designer to generate a JDBC URL (Salesforce is shown.)
  
  A typical JDBC URL is the following:
```
jdbc:jira:User=admin;Password=123abc;Url=https://yoursitename.atlassian.net;
```

👁 Required connection properties defined in the JDBC URL. (Salesforce is shown.)

Query Jira Data

To connect to Jira data, right-click the connection in the Database node and click Connect. After the connection is established, you can expand it to discover schema information.

To load a table in the Data Views window, right-click the table and then click View Data..

👁 The results of a query in NetBeans. (Salesforce is shown.)

Ready to get started?

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URL: https://www.cdata.com/kb/tech/jira-jdbc-netbeans.rst