How to integrate Jira into Trello

Jack Wallen shows you how to integrate Jira with Trello for a powerful project management platform.

Projects can quickly become very complicated, and to make matters worse, you may have teams working on two different platforms. For example, you might have a team that uses Jira for issue tracking and Trello for project management.

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Having to jump between platforms isn’t the most efficient use of your time. Luckily, you can make this a little easier by integrating these two tools, so you only have to view one to get the benefits of both.

By connecting Trello and Jira, you can:

• View Jira tasks and epics through Trello cards.
• Show important issues in Trello card backs.
• View color-coded badges for related issues.
• Create new Jira issues from Trello cards.
• Access your Jira project from a link in your Trello board.

Does that sound like something you could wish for? If so, let’s make it happen.

What you need to integrate Trello and Jira

The only things you need for this are Trello and Jira accounts. Neither of these accounts need to be paid, but you get significantly more features with paid plans.

So let’s get straight to integration.

How to integrate Trello and Jira

All of this is done in Trello with the help of power-ups. You should start by logging into both your Trello and Jira accounts in the same browser. Once you’re signed in, go to your Trello account, select a workspace and board you want to integrate with, and click the Power-Ups button. From the resulting pop-up menu, click Add Power-Ups.

In the Power-Ups window, search for Jira and click the Add button for the Jira Power-Up (Figure A).

Figure A

After the power-up is added, click the Settings button (Figure B).

Figure B

In the resulting pop-up window, click Edit power-on settings and then when prompted (Figure C), click Connect to Jira.

Figure C

In the next popup (Figure D), you need to paste the link to your Jira account, which is just the site domain, e.g. B. techrepublic.atlassian.net. Paste your link into the box, then click Connect to Jira.

Figure D

A new pop-up window will appear (Figure E) where you need to give Jira the necessary authorization for Trello.

Figure E

Click Authorize and the two accounts will be integrated. You should now see a Jira button in the top navigation of your board (Figure F).

Figure F

You will also see a new Jira button in your cards (Figure G) where you can add a Jira issue to the card or create a Jira issue from the card.

Figure G

And that’s all it takes to integrate Trello and Jira. If you use both services, you would do well to combine them for a much more efficient workflow.

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