Azure board integration
Path: Community Topbar >> Apps icon >> Community Settings >> Integration >> App Directory >> Azure Boards
Azure Board is a service providing development and collaboration tools. Azure board integration with IdeaScale will provide ticket system capabilities to connect using our project management API.
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Steps to set up Azure Board integrations:
The first main step is to log in to the Azure account.
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Sign in to your organization Azure DevOps (https://dev.azure.com/yourorganization).
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From the homepage open user settings and select 'Personal Access Tokens'.
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Click on the 'New Token'.
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Create a name for the new personal access token.
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Select Read and Write for Work Items, Read for Project and Team.
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Click on the 'Create button.
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Copy the token from the clipboard.
Second step is to configure the azure board in the IdeaScale community.
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Navigate to 'Settings' from the azure boards.
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Input the organization name and copied token.
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Click on 'Save and Continue.
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Click on the 'Configuration' tab.
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Select campaign name.
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Select project name from the azure boards.
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'Ticket Type' can be also selected.
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Click on the 'Save'.
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9. A stage must be marked as 'Selected' for the chosen campaign. When the ideas will be moved into that stage, a ticket will be created for that idea on the azure board.
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The community admin can change the issue title, state, and add assignee for the created ticket from the azure and it will be reflected in the idea details azure section.