Objectives
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Go to Settings > Issues
Select Issue Types from the left side menu
Click on Add issue type button on the top left right corner
Fill in the info
Name: Lookup Mapping
Description: Stores the mapping which is used for the Lookup
Click on the Add button
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2. Create a new project using a template
We use the Task Tracking as a template and modify the schemes to speed tup the process
Select Settings > Projects
Click on Create project
Select Work Management from the left menu and then Task Tracking
Click on the Use template button
Fill in the details for the mapping project
Name: Application Mapping
Project type: Company-managed
Key: APPMAPPING
Click on the Create project button
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Click on the Project settings on the left sidebar of the newly created project
Select Issue types from the left sidebar
Click on the Actions dropdown menu and select Edit issue types
Rename the Scheme Name to APPMAPPING: Lookup Mapping Issue Type Scheme
Remove the Task and Subtask issue types and add in the Lookup Mapping issue type by dragging the issue types across the 2 columns
Change the Default Issue Type toLookup Mapping
Click on the Save button at the bottom to save the change
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Go back to the Application Mapping project from the Projects menu
Click on the Project settings on the left sidebar
Select the Issue types from the left sidebar
Click on the Screen scheme on the rightmost column (e.g. APPMAPPING: Task Management Screen Scheme)
It will display the screens associated with various issue operations
For simplicity, we will use 1 screen for all operations. So you can click the Delete link for the APPMAPPING: Task Management Create Issue Screen. If you want to hide certain fields in the Create issue screen, you can retain this and configure the fields.
Click on APPMAPPING: Task Management Edit/View Issue Screen to configure the fields to display in that screen
Update the fields to include those fields used for the lookup and remove those unwanted fields
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Go to Project Settings > People
Click on Add people button on the top right
Add jira-software-users to the Users role and click on the Add button
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Click on the Create button at the top menu bar
Fill in the fields as per the table above
Click on the Create button to save
Repeat until all the rows of the table above are populated
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Click in the search bar at the top menu bar
Select Advanced issue search
Enter the JQL below and click on the Search button to find all issues in the APPMAPPING project
Code Block project = APPMAPPING
Click on the Save as link to save this search as a filter
Enter APPMAPPING - All issues as the Filter Name and click on the Submit button
Click on the Details link to update the permissions to grant all project users access
Click on Edit permissions
Add all roles for Application Mapping project to have view access
Click on Save button
Click on Columns and select Filter tab in the popup
Configure the fields to be displayed in the filter to something like this
Once it is done, you can copy the URL of the page
(e.g. https://<yoursite>.atlassian.net/issues/?filter=<some numbers>Go back to the Application Mapping project from the Projects menu
Select Add shortcut from the left sidebar
Fill in the details and click on the Add button
Web address: Paste the URL from step 12
Name: Mapping Table
Now all the project users can click on the Mapping Table link on the left sidebar to access the tabular view
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