The Issue Tracking System tab allows association of the project with any Issue Tracking System Instance which was configured in the topology. You must create the instance prior to configuring your projects. Select an Issue Tracking System Instance from the drop down to associate it to the project.
By default, the project configuration inherits the global Issue Tracking System settings defined on the Administration -> Issue Tracking Systems menu.
To override these settings, click the Override Settings button.
You can override the global settings as defined in the following table.
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This can be useful if you are using Statuses like Verify(Test), Verify(QA) etc. |
Click Save to apply any changes, or Revert to undo any changes. You can also click the Revert to defaults button to revert to the global settings.
Note the bottom selection 'Auto-approve Tasks on Status'. You can configure an external approval at the application or folder level as seen below.
When creating your external approval, set the environment, default approval group and the external issue tracking system(Jira, in this case).
Once you configure your external approval, any activity will be held on that environment until the approval is given. The Auto-approve Tasks on Status selection will then naturally auto approve any pending approvals if the Issue is moved to the selected status('Done' in this case) or greater in the issue tracking system.
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