Import issue links as dimension

[vpurho]

Hi @gerda.grantina
I have similar issue that I need to link tests to Features but the case is that one test can test multiple features so it seems that custom hierarchy is not possible to use. Is there any other way then (through some calculated measure) to get this kind of report?

So a list of features and then all tests linked to the features and then it will pull data from zephyr related to test case executions. I have managed to get the report so that I can view the tests and the test case executions and calculate the passed % but have not managed to get the list of features working. And I guess that also the total rows can be tricky to do?

[zane.baranovska]

Hi @vpurho,

As you already mentioned, the relation between Tests, Test Cycles with executions, and Features (or you may call them requirements) is complex because one test could cover several Features, and a Feature most likely is covered by several Tests.

eazyBI has integration with Zephyr Squad and Zephyr Scale and imports testing data, including relations between tests, executions, and requirements. Please see the documentation for more details on how to import those data and which measure to choose for your report:

• Zephyr Squad Test Management for Jira
• Zephyr Scale Test Management for Jira

Best,
Zane / support@eazyBI.com

[vpurho]

Thanks. I have managed to bring in the Zephyr data and do the report showing the tests and test executions (columns C to N in the example excel shown in my original post) but I’m now missing how to show the features that the tests are linked to (Columns A and B in the example)

[rekhac]

@gerda.grantina We follow SAFe and use the issue hierarchy Portfolio Epic - Feature - Story using link types ‘Parent of’ and ‘Child of’ in Jira. We have a plugin called Agile Hive that enables that. Portfolio Epic and Feature are a custom issue types in Jira. For now, I tried to add the below code for Features and Stories in the advanced settings. I tested the issue settings and it seems to be working (screen shot below) but when I use it in a report, it does not show the stories linked to the feature. I’m unsure what I’m doing wrong and would appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you!

Features linked to Stories

[jira.customfield_features_of_stories]
name = “Features linked to Stories”
outward_link = [“Parent of”, “Child of”]
multiple_values = false
dimension = true

Stories linked to Features

[jira.customfield_stories_of_features]
name = “Stories linked to Features”
inward_link = [“Parent of”, “Child of”]
multiple_values = true
dimension = true

[gerda.grantina]

@rekhac if you are using issue hierarchy and have one parent to multiple children relationship, then you may want to explore this article:

How to create an additional issue hierarchy

In Jira, bigger tasks can be split into smaller pieces; thus, we can create task groups that are linked together but can be worked on separately. For example, an Issue can be grouped into smaller sub-tasks. Or an Epic can be split into Stories. eazyBI recognizes those structures and creates different standard hierarchies in the Issue dimension: the default hierarchy with Project → Issue levels, the Sub-task hierarchy with Project → Parent → Sub-task levels, if you have imported the standard Ep…

About the reason why the dimension doesn’t show you results could be several:

1. If you have changed anything in the dimension configuration, then often it is necessary to perform a double import to ensure that all the changes are applied: https://docs.eazybi.com/eazybi/data-import/data-from-jira/advanced-data-import-options/import-issue-links#Importissuelinks-Changesinissuelinks
2. Another potential reason for issues could be the incorrect direction of links. You have added links in both outward and inward directions, but that is not possible for issue linking, as there is one link defined as outward and another as inward. To prevent adding both types of links, you can use the configuration option for issue links found in the account data import settings: https://docs.eazybi.com/eazybi/data-import/data-from-jira/advanced-data-import-options/import-issue-links#Importissuelinks-Account-specificissuelinksinimportoptions

See the troubleshooting options here: https://docs.eazybi.com/eazybi/data-import/data-from-jira/advanced-data-import-options/import-issue-links#Importissuelinks-Troubleshooting

Kindly,
Gerda // support@eazybi.com