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The general configuration options of Zephyr for Jira Cloud apply to the entire Zephyr application across all projects in your Jira Cloud instance.

Access Zephyr General Configuration

As a Jira Administrator, do the following:

Go to Settings > System.
Select the Zephyr General Configuration category on the left.

Linking

Links between Tests and other issue types can be enabled or disabled from here. You can also establish a remote link between a test execution and an issue. By default these are turned on.

Link Types can be also be selected from here and applied to all existing links between Tests and Defects. Different link types can be set up in Jira's configuration and they can be selected from the drop-down menu here. By default, "Relates", "Blocks", "Cloners" and "Duplicates" are available.

Re-indexing

Ever so often Zephyr for Jira Cloud's indexes (alongside Jira's indexes that apply to tests) need to be regenerated. Click on the "Re-Index" button if you are not seeing some of your information being updated. This might take some time based on the amount of data you have and users will not be able to use the system during that period. You can selectively re-index just the projects or test executions.

Backup and Restore

Zephyr for Jira Cloud's testing related data can be backed up and restore at a different time. Enter a file name, click on the "Backup" button and a backup file is created which you can then download and save. Similarly, select one of your backed-up files to restore. Please note that restoring a previous backup will overwrite existing data.

IMPORTANT

Please refer to Restore Caveats before performing backup & restore operation

API Keys

All the generated API keys can be removed at once by selecting this option. Please be careful before using this feature as the exact keys cannot be regenerated. This is a useful option if you believe your keys have been compromised or if you have moved (restored) data from one instance to another.

Clear Permission Cache

User permissions in Zephyr for Jira Cloud are inherited from your Jira permission scheme. To improve performance, Zephyr caches information about Jira user permissions. As a result, when you change Jira user permissions, it might take some time (up to an hour) before the changes are reflected in Zephyr for Jira.

You can clear the permission cache to force Zephyr for Jira Cloud to reload information about user permissions.

Versions Show Configuration

See Show Archive and Release Versions for Test Cycles for details.