ARD with Zephyr Squad integration

[Arunava Bhattacharya]

Hi everyone ,
After bit of struggling I am able to Integrate Jira Squad with ARD . I am just a bit curious if same can be done with Jira scale .

Thanks in Advance 



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Arunava Bhattacharya
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[Pavel Sestak]

Hi Arunava,
ARD can natively integrate with Jira with any plugin, but it only covers the work items which are defined in the Jira itself and not from the plugin. 
With ARD Plugin Framework you can integrate with work item types coming from the plugin, as test case steps. Beta version of plugin framework was released in 3.2.7 and MVP scope will be covered in 3.3 release we are preparing now 
So the answer is yes, you can integrate with Zephyr Squad and Scale Jira plugins.

Please reach to use in case you need any help.
Thanks, 
Pavel

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ARD Product Manager
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[Arunava Bhattacharya]

Hi @Pavel Sestak,

Correct me if I am wrong, from my experience I know Zephyr Scale test cases can only be made by the plugin only . Hence , Does not it means  ​we will be  not able to Integrate or import Zephyr Scale test cases to ARD ?

Regards,
Arunava

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[Pavel Sestak]

Hi @Arunava Bhattacharya,
You are right, in ARD 3.3 we are releasing the export capability only. So you can create Zephyr Scale work items using ARD. This covers the main use case for the integration and we wanted to release the functionality as soon as possible.
Importing using the plugin framework is planned for later release, most probably one of ARD 3.3 cumulative patches. 

Thanks,
Pavel

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[Arunava Bhattacharya]

Hi @Pavel Sestak ,
When will we get the 3.3 release?  any info u can provide :)

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[Pavel Sestak]

Hi,
The expectation is around end of February/beginning of March. We are starting with the regression testing now.
Thanks,
Pavel

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[Ibtisaam Fatima]

Hi Pavel,

Is the new version released yet ? Any confirmed date?

Regards,

Ibtisaam Fatima

[Pavel Sestak]

The release is coming, we are expecting to have it published in two weeks

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[Akshay Khonde]

Hi Pavel,

Is ARD with Zephyr scale integration available for the latest ARD version?

Regards,

Akshay

[Akshay Khonde]

Hi Pavel,

Is ARD with Zephyr scale integration available for the latest ARD version? or which version?

Regards,

Akshay

[Rajarshi Deb]

Hi Pavel,

I am struggling to integrate Ard with Zephyr Scale. As we know Ard version 3.3 has already been released so, can you please help me regarding the issue.

Regards,

Rajarshi Deb

[Pavel Sestak]

Hi Akshay and Rajarshi,

You can export to Zephyr Scale after you adjust our examples plugin to use the right API calls. Zephyr has various APIs in various versions so plugin will require updates. 

There is a document explaining the creation and maintenance of the plugin with a explanation of the minimum plugin and practical exercise to update the plugin that will help you learn the concept. https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/dam/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/dita/ca-enterprise-software/devops/agile-requirements-designer/ard32/topics/ARD_Plugin_Framework_Developer's_Guide_and_Reference.zip

if you have any issues or follow up questions please feel free to write me directly to [e-mail] and we can discuss and eventually schedule a call to discuss your requirements.

Thank you

Pavel

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