Automate Everyday Tasks in Jira

Download or read book Automate Everyday Tasks in Jira written by Gareth Cantrell and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to automate tasks and create rules in Jira with the help of different use cases Key FeaturesAutomate daily repetitive and tedious tasks without coding experienceDiscover how to automate processes in the Jira family including Jira software, Jira Service Desk, and Jira CoreExplore different use cases to understand automation features in JiraBook Description Atlassian Jira makes it easier to track the progress of your projects, but it can lead to repetitive and time-consuming tasks for teams. No-code automation will enable you to increase productivity by automating these tasks. Automate Everyday Tasks in Jira provides a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in no time. You will start by learning how automation in Jira works, along with discovering best practices for writing automation rules. Then you'll be introduced to the building blocks of automation, including triggers, conditions, and actions, before moving on to advanced rule-related techniques. After you've become familiar with the techniques, you'll find out how to integrate with external tools, such as GitHub, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, all without writing a single line of code. Toward the end, you'll also be able to employ advanced rules to create custom notifications and integrate with external systems. By the end of this Jira book, you'll have gained a thorough understanding of automation rules and learned how to use them to automate everyday tasks in Jira without using any code. What you will learnUnderstand the basic concepts of automation such as triggers, conditions, and actionsFind out how to use if–then scenarios and conditions to automate your processes with practical examplesUse smart values to achieve complex and more powerful automationImplement use cases in a practical way, including automation with Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, and BitbucketDiscover best practices for writing and maintaining automation rulesExplore techniques for debugging rules and solving common issuesWho this book is for This book is for Jira administrators and project managers who want to learn about automation capabilities provided in Jira. Familiarity with Jira and working knowledge of workflows and project configurations is required.