Overview
As a leading global automotive client’s Manufacturing Digital Transformation (MDT) program scaled across five product groups, its reporting model couldn’t keep pace with Jira activity, team growth, and quarterly planning demands. Manual, snapshot-based exports capped visibility at 1,000 records, while third-party Jira-to-Power BI connectors introduced recurring costs and data-handling risk — leaving program leadership without the real-time, secure visibility needed to manage a program spanning 50,000+ active Jira issues.
action plan
evolv designed and implemented a direct API ingestion pipeline with automated dataflows, eliminating third-party connector dependency and manual configuration to create a secure, repeatable reporting foundation for MDT product teams.
Steps
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Direct API Integration — Built a custom M-query dataflow connector to pull Jira data directly via Atlassian API keys, removing the 1,000-record cap and third-party middleman.
2
Security-First Automation — Standardized ingestion into the MDT data model with automated dataflows, replacing manual table setup and reducing external data-handling risk.
3
Scalable Rollout — Extended the reporting model across all five product teams, including the newly onboarded FY26 group, without added configuration overhead.
Results
80% Increase in Efficiency
Automated refresh cycles gave teams a repeatable reporting rhythm, eliminating the need to manually rebuild monthly and quarterly reports.
50,000+ Issues Under Management
Reporting scaled from static 1,000-record snapshots to comprehensive, real-time visibility across the full active Jira issue set.
50%+ Improvement in Change Readiness
Greater transparency into program data strengthened quarterly planning and readiness during new-product rollout.
Conclusion
“This integration completely changed how our teams engage with program data. What used to take days of manual reporting now happens automatically, and leadership finally has the real-time visibility they need to make confident planning decisions.” — Program Director, Manufacturing Digital Transformation