jira-analysis/README.md

Script to extract data from JIRA and pull it into a postgres DB for analysis.

Setup

1. Install docker

2. Generate an API token for your JIRA user.

3. Pull the database container:

   make createdb
   

   Feel free to edit the Makefile to view or change the default username/password combination.

4. Build the tool:

   nimble build
   

Usage

• Start the database container:

  make startdb
  

• Pull issues from your JIRA instance into the DB:

  ./jira_analysis api-sync <jira-base-url> <username> <api-token>
  

• Connect to the database for analysis:

  make connect
  

Convenient PostgreSQL commands

From within a psql session:

• Export tables to CSV:

  \copy features TO features-export.csv DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER;
  \copy issues TO issues-export.csv DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER;
  \copy change_logs TO changelog-export.csv DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER;