How can you sync DevOps ‘Board columns’ to Jira (Private / Server license)? Can it be mapped to a status transition in Jira?

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Originally asked by Filip Heyns on 19 June 2022 (original question)

We would need to sync Azure DevOps ‘Board columns’ to Jira (Private / Server license).

Is that item available to be synced or not? It is available on ticket level, because it can be extracted from ADO using excel.

  • Ideally ‘Board column’ should be mapped to transition/status in Jira.
  • If that isn’t possible we would like to sync to a Jira custom field.
  • If this item is not available to sync, is there a workaround? I’m thinking of copying the column name an the ADO side to a custom field and just sync that field? How could we do that?
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Answer by Filip Heyns on 20 June 2022

Syncing to a custom text field works, but how can we map Board columns to Jira statuses?

ADO OUT: replica.customKeys.“BoardColumn” = workItem.“System.BoardColumn”

JIRA IN: issue.customFields.“SOMECUSTOMFIELD”.value = replica.boardcolumn

How to sync work item fields obtained through a REST API call - Exalate Documentation - Exalate Documentation (idalko.com)

Comments:

Jillani Fazal commented on 22 June 2022

I see. Similar sort of query was asked here in regards to Board Lane, please have a look:
How to obtain the Board lane from Azure DevOps? (old community)

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Answer by Filip Heyns on 20 June 2022

Hi Jillani, no that article is not about syncing ADO Board columns.

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Answer by Jillani Fazal on 20 June 2022

Hi Filip Heyns

Please check this article and let me know if it serves the purpose:

https://docs.idalko.com/exalate/display/ED/Azure+DevOps%3A+How+to+Synchronize+Area+and+Iteration+Paths

Regards,

Jillani