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Prerequisites

To ensure a successful installation, the following checklist outlines the necessary prerequisites:
  • You have administrative access to the Jira site targeted for the integration.
  • You have the appropriate TechWolf API licenses.
  • You have the appropriate SkillEngine API credentials, which include:
    • Tenant ID
    • Tenant secret
    • Tenant name
    • Region (Europe or United States)
  • You have a TechWolf API tenant set up that contains the relevant employee information necessary for the Jira Integration. A custom property called jira_id is added for all employees containing their Jira ID or a custom property called email is added for all employees containing their email.
  • You have at least one active project on the specified Jira site.

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Installation

Please read through all the steps carefully, every step must be followed and submitted for the Jira-TechWolf integration to work properly.
  1. Navigate to the Jira Marketplace from within your Jira site. On the top navigation bar, click Apps → Explore more apps.
  2. In the search box, type “TechWolf” and press enter. You should see the following results:
Install Page
  1. Click on TechWolf
  2. On the app’s page, click Get app in the upper right corner
  3. A window will appear displaying the app’s permissions. Click Get it now to install the TechWolf app.
  4. A popup will notify you that the app is being installed. After a short moment, a message will display: “TechWolf installed successfully.”
Install Page The TechWolf application has now been installed on your Jira site.

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Finding the configuration page

On the configuration page, you will be able to submit your TechWolf credentials.
  1. Go to the Jira site where you installed the Jira-TechWolf app: <your-site>.atlassian.net/jira.
  2. In the upper selection menu of your site, select Apps. A dropdown menu will appear.
Navigation to Apps
  1. Now, in the dropdown menu, click on Manage your apps.
Navigation to Manage Apps You will be redirected to the apps settings page of your Jira site.
  1. In the side bar on the left, click on TechWolf app settings under the Apps tab.
Navigation to TechWolf App Settings You will be redirected to the settings page of the TechWolf app.

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Configuring the connection to TechWolf via the SkillEngine API

After clicking on the TechWolf app settings , you will land on the following page: Settings Page
  1. Under SkillEngine API Credentials , populate the form with your Techwolf credentials: tenant ID, Tenant secret, tenant name, region If don’t have access to such credentials, please contact TechWolf support.
Credentials box
  1. Click Confirm in order for the credentials to be correctly stored. If this feedback message is shown: Credentials success feedback You successfully established a connection with the TechWolf API. If any other feedback is provided, something went wrong establishing the connection. Please follow the feedback’s instructions.
  2. If you want to use email addresses to map Employees in Jira to the correct Employee in the TechWolf API, then click on the toggle in the Enable Email-Based ID Mapping section.
Once correctly configured, there is no need to ever do this again except for when the app is deleted and reinstalled. Once completed, the Jira TechWolf integration is successfully installed! Enjoy inferring skills. 🎉