Initiatives can be pushed from Productboard to Jira, and some fields can be synced between the two.
In this article:
- Adding an integration column to the board
- Pushing Initiatives to Jira
- Linking initiatives to parent issues
- Syncing Productboard initiatives with Jira issues
- See also
Adding an integration column to the board
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Click the Add columns button on the grid.
- Select Integrations.
- Switch on the toggle for the configured Jira integration from the list and the Jira integration column will appear on the board.
Pushing Initiatives to Jira
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Click the Push button in the grid’s Jira integration column next to the initiative.
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In the Push Initiative to Jira dialog select the Jira project where you want to push the initiative and select the Jira issue type that should be created in Jira from the Productboard initiative.
- Click the Push button at the bottom of the modal window and the Jira issue type will be created and linked to the Productboard initiative.
Linking initiatives to parent issues
- Click the Push button in the grid’s Jira integration column next to the initiative.
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Select the Link to existing issue tab.
- Enter the issue key, id, URL, or use the JQL search to find the linkable issue in Jira.
- Click on the Link button at the bottom of the modal window.
Syncing Productboard initiatives with Jira issues
Productboard initiatives are synced with their linked Jira issues, and two-way syncing is enabled for all fields (except for the Status field, which is only Jira > Productboard, not Productboard > Jira).
Note: One-time import is not yet supported for initiatives.