Elements Connect for Data Center

Datasources are duplicated after migration



Symptoms

When migrating the Elements Connect configuration with Configuration Manager, some datasources are duplicated.



Cause

To prevent datasource duplication, Elements Connect uses uniqueness criteria to ensure that a datasource being migrated doesn't exist in the target instance.

If you notice that a datasource has been duplicated, it's probably because a uniqueness criteria has not been met and our app considers both datasources to be different.



Resolution

Here are the uniqueness criteria used for each type of datasource:

Datasource type

Criteria

URL

OauthAuthentication

Authentication Type (see below)




Database

Host name

Login

Scheme/Schema

Database

Driver

LDAP

Host

Port

Login



Salesforce

Salesforce URL

Customer Key / Client Id




File

File path





JNDI

JNDI name





Zendesk Support

Subdomain

Client ID




Zendesk Sell

Client ID





Regarding URL datasources, there are other criteria based on the Authentication type:

Authentication type

Criteria

HTTP Basic

Login




OAuth2

Client ID

Authorise URL

Token URL

Scopes

When you notice that a datasource has been duplicated, you need to compare both datasources (in the source and target Jira instances) according to these criteria:

  • If one of these criteria is different, then the behavior you're facing is normal, as Elements Connect considers both datasources to be different.

  • If all criteria are identical, this may be a bug, so please report this issue to our support team.

"Application Links" datasources are specific to each Jira instance and are not intended to be migrated.