Link your project with Opsgenie

The on-call feature helps your team keep track of all on-call rotations created in Opsgenie. Set up a team in Opsgenie and connect it to your software project. It'll allow your team to easily access all on-call schedules without having to go to Opsgenie.

Enable on-call schedules for your project

1. Navigate to your company-managed software project.

2. Go to Project Settings > Features.

3. Enable the On-call feature.

A new menu item, On-call, will be added to the project menu.

Set up on-call schedules for your project

1. Sign up for Opsgenie and create a team

To start creating on-call schedules for your project, you'll need to sign up for Opsgenie. You can sign up for a trial from your software project:

1. Navigate to your software project.

2. In the project menu, select On-call.

3. On the On-call page, you'll be prompted to set up an Opsgenie trial.

4. In Opsgenie, go to Teams > Add team. Opsgenie creates a default on-call schedule for you.

5. In this on-call schedule, you can add or update routing rules, escalations, and schedules.

6. Click Save view.

2. Connect your project to your Opsgenie team

Connecting Jira with Opsgenie allows them to share information.

To connect your Opsgenie team in Jira, you’ll need to:

1. Go to Project settings > Opsgenie.

2. Select your Opsgenie team.

3. Click Save.

3. View and understand your on-call schedules

After enabling the On-call feature, you can do the following things:

• View rotations for team members who are on call for specific timeframes.

• Update your on-call schedules using the View in Opsgenie link. Read more about configuring team schedules.

4. Enable alerts in the Sprint report

You can also view alerts in your Sprint report.

To enable alerts in Jira, you’ll need to:

1. Go to Projects settings > Opsgenie > Display alert counts in sprint report.

2. Enable alerts for your project. Learn more about viewing and understanding the sprint report.