DataBind Jira Assets Data to the DevExpress Data Grid

The ADO.NET Provider for Jira Assets by CData incorporates conventional ADO.NET data access components compatible with third-party controls. You can adhere to the standard ADO.NET data binding procedures to establish two-way access to real-time data through UI controls. This article will demonstrate the utilization of CData components for data binding with DevExpress UI Controls (Windows Forms and Web controls), specifically binding to a chart that visualizes live data.

Jira Assets supports connecting and authenticating via the APIToken.

To generate an API token:

1. Log in to your Atlassian account.
2. Navigate to Security < Create and manage API Token < Create API Token.

Atlassian generates and then displays the API token.

After you have generated the API token, set these parameters:

• AuthScheme: APIToken.
• User: The login of the authenticating user.
• APIToken: The API token you just generated.

You are now ready to connect and authenticate to Jira Assets.

Windows Forms Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress chart with Jira Assets data. The JiraAssetsDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart control. The Diagram property of the control defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using (JiraAssetsConnection connection = new JiraAssetsConnection(
"User=MyUser;APIToken=myApiToken;Url=https://yoursitename.atlassian.net")) {
 JiraAssetsDataAdapter dataAdapter = new JiraAssetsDataAdapter(
 "SELECT ID, Name FROM Objects WHERE Label = 'SYD-1'", connection);
 
 DataTable table = new DataTable();
 dataAdapter.Fill(table);
 DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series();
 chartControl1.Series.Add(series);
 series.DataSource = table;
 series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Name" });
 series.ArgumentScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Qualitative;
 series.ArgumentDataMember = "ID";
 series.ValueScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Numerical;
 chartControl1.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;
 ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; 
}

Web Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress Web control with Jira Assets data. The JiraAssetsDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart; the Diagram property defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;

using (JiraAssetsConnection connection = new JiraAssetsConnection(
"User=MyUser;APIToken=myApiToken;Url=https://yoursitename.atlassian.net"))
{
 JiraAssetsDataAdapter JiraAssetsDataAdapter1 = new JiraAssetsDataAdapter("SELECT ID, Name FROM Objects WHERE Label = 'SYD-1'", connection);
 DataTable table = new DataTable();
 JiraAssetsDataAdapter1.Fill(table);
 DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar);
 WebChartControl1.Series.Add(series);
 series.DataSource = table;
 series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Name" });
 series.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.Qualitative;
 series.ArgumentDataMember = "ID";
 series.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.Numerical;
 ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true;
}