I'm looking to download a list of issues from our JIRA issue list, to process further in VBA and generate a report from the issue list. I want this process to be automated from start to end so e.g. I run a java or VB or C# program, which does a search and download from JIRA (somehow) then runs a VBA program to extract and format the issues into a report. Is there anyway this can be done? I'm using JIRA 3.13.
I've looked at the JIRA and Atlassian plugins but don't quite understand how they work. Aren't plugins meant to be deployed into the JIRA instance. I don't see how plugins can achieve what i want to do.
You'll likely want to use the JIRA SOAP web service via a SOAP client in your program. This can call the getIssuesFromFilter method to return the results of a filter. Then generate the csv file for Excel to import or whatever you want.
Better Excel Plugin was exactly designed for these type of usage.
You can export your issues to a worksheet, then instruct the XLS template to process them using the Excel tools, like formulas and functions, charts, pivot tables and pivot charts, to produce full blown reports. It is fully automatic and the report can be generated by a single click.
If you look for automation, like generating and emailing the report periodically, or generating and saving the report when an issue event occurs, the companion add-on Excel Automation Plugin is super useful.
Here is a sample report to give you an idea about the capabilities:
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With newly released Webi there's no way to manipulate reports with VBA like it was in DESKI era.
I'd like to know if there's a way for me to click a button with parameters in Excel sheet and get a report from the server?
I've been thinking of using the RESTful Web-services but it seems that there is a performance problem.
I also considered using a JAVA app in the middle using the SDK but it's not really satisfying as I add one layer.
Do you know if there's an other way to download a Webi report from and to Excel?
For this type of requirement, you'd normally use the OpenDocument feature. There is one thing that it won't do however, at least not for Webi documents, and that is deliver the output in Excel format (HTML and PDF are the two possible formats for Webi). In all fairness, the export to Excel option is only about two or three clicks away, but I can understand that this wouldn't be an ideal solution.
Another option is the Java SDK, which I would not recommend, as the ReBEAN SDK (the part of the Java SDK you need to interface with Webi documents) is deprecated and replaced by the REST SDK.
The REST SDK would be the way to go if the OpenDocument feature is not sufficient. Keep in mind that this would involve quite a few steps, each time sending a command to the WACS server and then decoding the answer. The steps would be:
Authenticate and get a logon token
Refresh the document (if necessary pass prompt values)
Export the document to Excel
Close the document
The REST interface is only supported on the WACS server, which should run on your BI4 server (unless you have a customised landscape). If it's slow, I would suggest looking into the root cause of this performance issue, instead of discarding the SDK altogether.
If you're going to use the REST interface, I would recommend opting for JSON to communicate through REST instead of XML. It's easier to read and parse.
A last option, which I wouldn't recommend, is LiveOffice. This is a separate product which allows you to embed contents from Webi documents into Office documents (most notably Excel). LiveOffice has always had its share of problems and has not received much love from SAP regarding much needed updates.
One final thought: the report will never appear in the same sheet, at least not without an additional amount of coding. Whatever SDK you end up choosing, you will always end up with an Excel file. If you want to show the results in the Excel file you started from, you'll need to code the steps to open the generated file, grab the contents and then copy those to your worksheet.
I have tried to find a way to get Google Analytic data into my Excelsheet using VBA, I can find a lot of information, but it seems to be either depricated April 30 2015 or comercial, and I only want it for my private project...
The best point I have found is this:
http://analytics.blogspot.se/2009/08/analytics-data-in-excel-through-our-api.html
Right now I collect data from GA as a csv file, add my VBA script and run my function, but it would be a lot nicer to be able to collect it directly from my workbook...
Frankly I think Selenium is your best chance for automated collection of data from GA. It could work as follows:
Create a simple Python script where Selenium downloads the csv file from GA
From your workbook run the script using Shell ("python your_script.py")
Next upload the csv file to your workbook e.g. via ADODB.Connection
Google Sheets has a really user-friendly and feature rich integration with GA via the Google Analytics Spreadsheet add-on. You can run regular, automated reports this way and export as CSV if you like.
I need to run a crystal report which requires one parameter multiple times. Is there any way to automate running this CR report for a set of different parameters and exporting each report to pdf?
I was thinking of using excel vba but not sure if this is possible and also don't know how to write codes for it. I'm using CR XI but don't have the developer environment installed.
I've looked all over the internet for several days but haven't found a feasible solution.
Any inputs would be appreciated! Thanks.
You could fork my PsCrystal project on GitHub and add the missing functionality. It's a PowerShell wrapper of the Crystal Reports SDK.
I have a system with an Excel spreadsheet template file which is used for invoicing. I would like the user to be able to click a button on an Xpage, which will then open the spreadsheet and enter the latest invoicing data in Excel. I don't mind if Excel is either the application on their machine or on the server, but my preference would be the application locally on their machine.
I've looked into Xagents, as I feel this is probably the answer. I know they can be used to create Excel but I have not been able to locate any mention of opening an Excel file, and entering data into specific cells.
Is this possible?
EDIT: you can use Apache POI for editing and creating Microsoft Office documents. This is a java project which gives you a handle to office documents and this can be used using java.
A good starting point can be the blog of Christian Guedemann from webgate:
http://guedebyte.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/documents-and-spreadsheets-with-xpages-building-the-kernel-part-ii/
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The only way I KNOW and tried to write data from Notes to Excel is exporting the data to an HTML page and setting the Content Type accordingly (e. g. as described here (there are a lot more resources available for taht):
http://www.dominoguru.com/pages/developer2010_xpagexlsexport.html
I am not sure if this is of help but it seems that this project can help you:
http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocument&name=ZK%20Spreadsheet%20for%20XPages
As far as I can see this project can load Excel files from XPages - and then it should also be possible to edit the files.
Besides that the only solution I can think of is a Notes Agent that is called from the XPage. This agent can then run in background and do all the excel stuff. After running, the XPage can show a link to the Excel file. Actually this is the solution I would consider to implement - but maybe others step in with better answers here.
You don't want to introduce a dependency on Excel in your application -- wouldn't work with an iPad front-end. Rather have a look at the ZK Spreadsheet, it will fulfill your needs.
However if you have to have Excel, then you need a roundtrip solution: load the Excel from an URL (probably generated by an XAgent (?) and save it back. The saving back part is the tricky one. Normal HTTP doesn't allow that. What you need there is a webDAV capable server. Watch out for a project on OpenNTF soon (just clearing IBM legal) that provides webDAV.
However the ZK Spreadsheet looks much better for your needs.
I have a sample database at the following URL --> http://www.nnsu.com/nnsusite.nsf/%24%24OpenDominoDocument.xsp?documentId=B65507CB2DE15B3286257986005F061D&action=openDocument
Download the APCC.nsf. This will allow you to create/read a new EXCEL spreadsheet and then stream the resulting file to the requesting browser. There is not need to have EXCEL or office installed on the Server.
THe examples create a new workbook, but you can also store a "template" on the server or in a notes document and use it as a starting point and then save it to a document or stream it to the requesting browser.
With Apache POI you can read/write to a spreadsheet using data from the notes document the process is initiated from.
Each month I have to manually create a report for my team. For this I use a combination of numbers generated from a groovy script I've written, screenshot, cut & paste from a series of charts in our JIRA instance and cut and pasted excel charts.
I'm finding it more and more boring to do this by hand and I suspect that there is an easier way to automatically generate this report. I can generate the word document with data from the groovy script using this application (http://www.docmosis.com/) but I have not yet found a way of auto including JIRA charts in the generation or excel so my question is:
Is it possible to generate a word document that contains generated data from various sources including (in order of importance):
JIRA charts
Programmatically generate data and
Excel charts?
As you already coded your logic in Groovy, best would be skipping the Excel step and generate your report directly from JIRA using the JIRA PDF View Plugin. This plugin will reduce your work to a single click and download you a nice PDF document (PDF is more portable than Word docs).
These short tutorials help you:
Reuse your Groovy scripts for reporting logic (also see the "Charts" tutorial there)
Bring the data, charts and the template together
Update 2 years after my original answer:
JIRA PDF View Plugin 3.5.0+ can also export JIRA charts (gadgets in JIRA dashboards, to be precise). So, now you can execute your Groovy scripts, include JIRA charts and bring all the result together in a professional PDF document.
Even better, now there exists a free plugin that will make the monthly process 100% automatic for you! It will generate your PDF document and send that to your team members' mailboxes, according to the preferred schedule (CRON trigger).
Related tutorials:
Exporting JIRA dashboards to PDF
Automating JIRA PDF exports
Discl: I'm a developer working on these products, yet this is the best solution to your problem. :-)
Most of the charts generated in Jira are created from data returned from search results. So you can get data from Jira using REST or SOAP api and generate your own charts by other means.
I am not sure if there is a no-coding method of doing it. But I would write a C# program that adds data to the Word template from your sources (Jira, other programs, Excel). And would create a template that generated charts from inserted data.
For Word document generation I would have a look here -http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/20287/Generating-Word-Reports-Documents
For chart creation in the document I would have a look here - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/create-a-chart-in-a-document-HP005190046.aspx
Easiest if you convert your JIRA chart to an image first. When you say JIRA chart, do you mean something from this plugin?
Once you have an image, your document generation tool ought to be able to include that.
There are many document generation tools which can include programmatically generated data, and some of those can include Excel charts.
There is now a JIRA plugin to generate charts in Word documents which may help you.
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.clariostechnology.officecharts.officecharts
There is now also Intelligent Reporter for JIRA which is a no-code method for creating word documents from your JIRA data, including native Word charts with full formatting from JIRA data.
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.clariostechnology.intelligentreports
Disclaimer: I work for the company that created this plugin. If there is anything you need that it cannot do, please let me know.