Creating an extended integration for JetBrains users

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• Configurable dashboards and list views of key user information
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• Configurable workflows that you can easily create to retrieve:
  • All user data
  • Data relating to a user's role and last login date.
  • Any other subset of user information

Navigation

Adding JetBrains global variables

Adding the credentials

Creating the user integration

Creating custom mappings

Creating workflows

Before you start

The JetBrains User Load returns all JetBrains user information. For information on the API used in the request, see JetBrains Docs: GET User.

To stream JetBrains data into Oomnitza, you must have the following:

• Your JetBrains credentials in the form of a client id and secret. For further information consult the JetBrains API documentation. You need to supply the following redirect URL: https://generic-oauth2-proxy.oomnitza.com/oauth2/redirect_url
• The full server URL of your JetBrains server, for example: https://example.youtrack.cloud, https://example.youtrack.hub, https://companyname.com/youtrackor https://companyname.com/hub
• Your Scopes, which are defined when you create the JetBrains credentials. For further information refer to the JetBrains API documentation. Your Scopes can be entered in Oomnitza as a space-separated list.

Adding JetBrains global variables

To save time when you create workflows, set your JetBrains full server URL as a global variable:

1. From the menu, go to Configuration>General.
2. Click Global Settings.
3. Click Add new variable (+).
4. Add the JetBrains.JetBrains Full Server Url variable and its value. 
5. Save your changes.

Adding the credentials

To stream JetBrains user data into Oomnitza, complete the following steps:

1. In Oomnitza, click Configuration > Security > Credentials.
2. Click Add new credential (+).
3. Search for the integration, and then click the forward arrow > to select the integration. 
4. Enter your client credentials and any other additional information.
5. Click Authenticate. You are prompted to log in to authorize your request.
6. Click CREATE.

1. Add the information details.
2. Click the AUTHORIZATION tab.
3. Ensure that OAuth 2.0 is selected as the Authorization type.
4. Ensure that JetBrains is selected from the SaaS list.
5. Enter the full server URL of your JetBrains server.
6. Enter your Client ID and Client Secret. 
7. Enter your Scopes as a space-separated list. 
8. Authenticate the connection.
9. Click CREATE. 

You use the credentials that you added to create and customize your JetBrains (OAuth 2.0) integrations with Oomnitza.

Next

You use the credentials that you added to create and customize your JetBrains integrations with Oomnitza.

Creating the user integration

Info and connect details

1. In Oomnitza, click Configuration > Integrations > Overview.
2. Click Block view .
3. On the Integrations page, scroll down to the Extended section for user integrations.
4. Click NEW INTEGRATION.
5. In the sidebar, search for the integration.
6. Click ADD.

Integration details overview

More information is provided about the following fields to help you complete the integration:

• User only. Add user records.
• User plus SaaS user. Add user and SaaS user records. 

The benefit of adding SaaS user records is that you can run a workflow to validate the status and activity of SaaS users and retrieve information such as the role of the SaaS user. The information that can be retrieved depends on whether SaaS user workflows are available for the integration. 

Installation types

• Cloud. Store credentials in the Oomnitza cloud.
• Local. Store credentials locally. If you want to sync Oomnitza with vendor applications that require AWS or OAUTH authentication, select cloud as the type of installation. Local installations don't support AWS and OAuth authentication. 

Integration preferences

• Create & Update. Add and update records.
• Create only. Add records.
• Update only. Update records.

Editing the integration details

1. Click Edit .
2. Make your changes.

Editing the credential details

If you selected Cloud as the installation type, choose one of the following options:

• Select the credentials that were created for the integration.
• Edit the credentials that were created for the integration.
• Create new credentials

Scheduling the integration

By default, data is synced once every day. Change the interval or the time so that the data is streamed when your system isn't busy.

1. Click Edit .
2. Make and save your changes.

Mapping fields to Oomnitza

To map the fields to Oomnitza, click Edit .

  Selecting Edit integration to add rules for syncing data. Filtering integration results.  
 

You can add new fields to your integration by selecting Add new field   on the mapping page. 
Creating custom API fields. 

Creating custom mappings

Map the JetBrains fields to Oomnitza fields and create custom mappings to get the user information that you need.

Complete these actions:

1. Click Smart Mapping to automatically detect appropriate mapping fields. Values from the integration can also be dragged to the appropriate field on the Oomnitza side, or selected from the integration field dropdown.
2. Create a custom mapping for the JetBrains ID. To do this, complete the following steps:
   1. Select the down arrow on the ID field that you want to map.
   2. Select Add new Oomnitza users field.
   3. Change the name of the field to JetBrains User Id.
   4. Select the Unique checkbox.
   5. Click CREATE. 
3. Ensure that the Email is mapped to the
   1. Username field on the Oomnitza side (required for integration).
   2. Email field on the Oomnitza side (required for integration).
4. Select the Role field on the Oomnitza mapping side.
5. Choose a suitable role from the list (a defined role is necessary for the integration)
6. Assign a sync key to a unique field, such as the Email.
7. Click UPDATE.

Standard JetBrains to Oomnitza mappings

The following JetBrains fields can be mapped to Oomnitza:

Connector Sync Time
Email
Id
Is Profile Email Verified
Login Name
Name
Profile Email Type
Type

Launching the integration

Your integration is in Draft mode until the required mandatory fields are added. When added, click Launch to activate your integration. 

If you selected Cloud as the installation type when creating the integration, see Running an extended integration

If you selected Local as the installation type when creating the integration, see Running an extended integration locally.

Viewing data ingested by Oomnitza

Viewing ingested asset data

For asset integrations, click Hardware. If the asset integration also ingests software data, click Software.

Viewing ingested user data

For user integrations, click People. If you chose the option to ingest User and SaaS user data, click Software > SaaS, click the SaaS app, and then click the Users tab. 

Related Links

• Running an extended integration
• Troubleshooting integrations
• Mapping extended integrations

Creating workflows

Creating user workflows with the API block

To create a user workflow, you must complete these steps:  

1. Click Configuration > Workflows 
2. Click Add (+) and select People from the list.
3. Edit the Begin Block and add rules to trigger the workflow. For example, if you set the Actions to Schedule and add a rule so that the Email Equals <EmployeeEmail> you can trigger a workflow to fetch a user matching a certain name on a specific date. Refer to Using the Begin block. 
4. Drag and drop the API block onto the Sandbox.
5. Click Edit on the API block and enter JetBrains in the search field. 
6. Select the JetBrains Get User Details preset. To choose the preset, click the forward arrow (>).
7. Select the credentials that you created in Adding the credentials.
8. Your JetBrains Server URL should be derived from the variable created in Adding JetBrains global variables or entered manually. 
9. Select Advanced Mode.
10. Select the Information tab. The URL references the {{jetbrains_user_id}}.Make sure you run the user integration in advance so that you can call this information in the workflow.
11. Select the Response tab. You can map the entire response by placing {{response}} in the Response field and mapping it to a custom Oomnitza field. Once you have the entire response, you can then parse the JSON response values to custom Oomnitza fields, as per the example below.
12. Connect the Blocks. 
13. Save, validate, and activate your workflow.

Did you know?
The JetBrains Get User preset can be customized to return only the specified subset of the fields for each user. Go to Advanced Mode > Information and modify the URL field to only return specific fields for the user. For information on the correct syntax see JetBrains REST API documentation: Get User.

Reference articles for workflows

• Mapping positive and negative responses
• Troubleshooting workflows 
• Using the API block

Unleash the power of Oomnitza

To get valuable actionable insights that help you manage your users, learn how to:

• Configure dashboards for your users and software
• Configure custom reports about your users and software
• Create workflows to automate tasks

See  Getting started for more information.