Getting started with Sparkr, so your teams can innovate together in Jira, requires a few mandatory steps to ensure the necessary building blocks are configured in your instance. Specifically, Sparkr requires the following elements in your Jira instance:
“Problem” Issue Type
“Possibility” Issue Type
“Solve” Issue Link Type
Sparkr Configuration Data- a Jira issue that represents something you want to validate and potentially solve.
“Possibility” - a Jira issue type that represents something that may solve a validated problem.
“Solve” - a Jira issue link type to associate (link) problems and possibilities together for tractability.
Configuration data - editable properties that help categorise your Problems and Possibilities.
These are created for you through the “Get started” setup after installing Sparkr from the Atlassian Marketplace. If your teams are using traditional projects, then you’ll also need to manually create an Issue Type Scheme and Workflow, as Jira Apps do not have the ability to do this.
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Navigate to the Altassian Marketplace by either:
The Using the side navigation bar in your Jira instance , choose by choosing Jira Settings > Apps > Find new apps.
Directly visiting navigating to the Atlassian Marketplace.
Find Sparkr by entering the string “Saprkr” in the “Filter apps” or “Search for apps” search box.
Click the Sparkr app listing to view the details.
Click the “Try app”, “Try it free” or “Subscribe now” buttons
A confirmation message and details will appear when Sparkr is installed successfully.
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Sparkr’s setup page will automatically configure the following mandatory elements:
A “Problem” issue type - a Jira issue that represents something you want to validate and potentially solve.
A “Possibility” issue type - a Jira issue type that represents something that may solve a validated problem.
A “Solve” issue link type - a Jira issue link type to associate (link) problems and possibilities together for tractability.
Sparkr Configuration Data - editable properties that help categorise your Problems and Possibilities.
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Sparkr configuration data
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If you have previously installed Sparkr (or have issue types and link that are similarly named in your Jira instances, you will receive a purple information message that these elements already exists and are good to go! |
For troubleshooting this step please see our knowledge base or contact us through our customer portal and we will endeavour to help.
3. Create an Issue Type Scheme
If you are using traditional Jira projects in Jira, then it is recommended to completed an additional two manual configuration steps to ensure
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you will need to create an issue type scheme for projects that will use Sparkr.
To create an issue type scheme, either click the “Next” button from the Setup page or navigate directly to the “Issue type schemes” page from the Jira side menu “Jira settings” > “Issues” > “Issue type schemes”. On the issue type scheme page complete the following steps:
Click the “Add Issue Type Scheme” button in the top-right, to load the “Add Issue type scheme” page
Add a scheme name (e.g. “Sparkr Issue Type Scheme”)
Add a description (e.g. An issue type scheme for use with the Sparkr app)
Drag the following available issue types from the right under “available issue types” to the left “issue types for current scheme“:
Problem
Possibility
Task (optional)
Click save
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An alternate approach would be to add the Problem and Possibility issue types to an existing scheme that is applied to projects you would like to use with Sparkr. |
4. Create a Workflow
If you are using traditional Jira projects, then it is recommended to create an innovation workflow that can be applied to projects that will use Sparkr.
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