flex.bi reports and dashboards can be published as gadgets in Atlassian applications JIRA and Confluence.
The main benefit of flex.bi gadgets compared to embedded <iframe> flex flex.bi reports is that one flex.bi user can authorize access to flex.bi using OAuth authorization and then publish selected reports or dashboards to other users who are not flex.bi users.
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| flex.bi gadgets are supported just for BUSINESS subscription plan, as well as in flex.bi Enterprise. |
Here are the steps how to publish a flexa flex.bi report in JIRA dashboard or Confluence page.
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At first, you need to register JIRA or Confluence as OAuth client application in flex.bi. Go to your accounts administration page and click on Users. If you have BUSINESS subscription plan then you should see OAuth Client Applications section.
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After registering application you will see OAuth details information that you will need when registering the flexthe flex.bi application in JIRA or Confluence.
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Go to your JIRA or Confluence administration pages and register new flexnew flex.bi application bi application and configure Outgoing Authentication for it:
- In Service Provider Name enter flex.bi
If you would like to publish data from several flexseveral flex.bi accounts bi accounts then use unique service provider name for each flexeach flex.bi account bi account (for example, flex.bi bi account name) - Input previously generated OAuth details values in Consumer Key, Shared Secret, Request Token URL, Access Token URL,Authorize URL fields.
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As a JIRA or Confluence administrator, add flex add flex.bi gadgets bi gadgets to directory using report gadget URL https://flex.bi/bi/gadgets/report.xml and dashboard gadget URL https://flex.bi/bi/gadgets/dashboard.xml
If you used non-default service provider name then specify its name with the service_name parameter. For example, if service provider name is flex.bi account name then report gadget URL should be https://flex.bi/bi/gadgets/report.xml?service_name=flex.bi+account+name
Add flex.bi report or dashboard gadget to JIRA dashboard or Confluence page
Now you can add flex.bi report or dashboard gadget to either JIRA dashboard or Confluence page.
- If previous configuration steps were done correctly, then at first added report should show the Authorize access to flex.bi link.
- After clicking this link, a new browser page should open where you will need to authorize access to your flex.bi account.
- Then authorization window should close and report gadget should show selection list with available flex.bi reports. Select necessary report and click Save.
- After that, you should see your flex.bi report.
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If you share JIRA dashboards or Confluence pages with other JIRA or Confluence users then each user will need to make at first flex.bi report authorization using their flex.bi user credentials.