A custom JDBC Driver is supported to access to the Jira database.
You can develop a report against the Jira database remotely as usual (Example for PostgreSQL):
Download and copy it somewhere in the Jira host where the system user running the Jira service can read:
You can develop a report against the Jira database remotely as usual (Example for PostgreSQL):
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Then reference the driver above from your BIRT report as described here and change the data source configuration to:
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