DataBind Jira Service Management Data to the DevExpress Data Grid

The ADO.NET Provider for Jira Service Management 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.

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, 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.

Windows Forms Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress chart with Jira Service Management data. The JiraServiceDeskDataAdapter 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 (JiraServiceDeskConnection connection = new JiraServiceDeskConnection(
"ApiKey=myApiKey;User=MyUser;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;")) {
 JiraServiceDeskDataAdapter dataAdapter = new JiraServiceDeskDataAdapter(
 "SELECT RequestId, ReporterName FROM Requests WHERE CurrentStatus = 'Open'", 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[] { "ReporterName" });
 series.ArgumentScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Qualitative;
 series.ArgumentDataMember = "RequestId";
 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 Service Management data. The JiraServiceDeskDataAdapter 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 (JiraServiceDeskConnection connection = new JiraServiceDeskConnection(
"ApiKey=myApiKey;User=MyUser;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;"))
{
 JiraServiceDeskDataAdapter JiraServiceDeskDataAdapter1 = new JiraServiceDeskDataAdapter("SELECT RequestId, ReporterName FROM Requests WHERE CurrentStatus = 'Open'", connection);
 DataTable table = new DataTable();
 JiraServiceDeskDataAdapter1.Fill(table);
 DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar);
 WebChartControl1.Series.Add(series);
 series.DataSource = table;
 series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "ReporterName" });
 series.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.Qualitative;
 series.ArgumentDataMember = "RequestId";
 series.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.Numerical;
 ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true;
}