Worklog Import

The new worklog import feature of The Connector allows you to import worklog data into Microsoft Project and break the effort time by user and by task.

To enable this functionality, go to The Connector configuration dialog, press the "Advanced Field Mapping" button and click on the "Work Logs" tab.

Advanced Field Mapping - work logs

There are several options available to controlling how the worklog data gets imported.

To enable the functionality, select the "Enable JIRA work log importing" option. Note that this functionality will require the installation of The Connector extended web services. This plug-in is available for download from the website at www.the-connector.com.

Set task start date to date of first work log entry

This option will set the start date of the task to the date of the earliest work log that is imported.

Set task finish date/deadline date to the date of last work log

This option will set the finish date / deadline date (depending on your configuration) to the date of the last work log entry.

Only if issue remaining estimate is zero

If you have the option to set the finish date / deadline date to the date of the last work log, you also have the option to only set this value if the remaining estimate is zero. The typical use for this is to only set this value if all of the estimated work on the issue is completed, meaning the task is actually finished. If remaining work is needed, it may not be desirable to have the Finish Date of the task set as this would not be the true finish date.

Only if issue status is:

This option allows you to conditional set the finish date / deadline date to the last work log if the issue matches a specified status. This allows you to configure this process to look at "Closed" issues, meaning the work is actually completed and the finish date should get set to this value.

Include work logs done by the assignee

This option allows you to conditionally import work logs that have been created by the assignee of the issue.

Include work logs not done by the issue assignee

This option allows you to conditionally import work logs that have been created by users other than the assignee of the issue.