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Health Checks are a great way to identify problems in Jira and save the time of your Jira Administrators. Optimizer for Jira comes with over 20 health checks which can be used to analyze your Jira instance and show warnings or errors when something is detected that is considered bad practice or incorrect.

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Configuring Health Checks

All of Optimizer’s health checks have settings that you can change to configure them to your preferenceYou can configure all the Health Checks in Optimizer to match your preferences through the ⚙️ Settings. The settings can be updated by selecting the ⚙️ Settings button at the top of the left navigation bar, or in the top right of the homepage. Health check settings exist under the Health Checks tab. You can change the setting parameters as desired and then Save the changes.

A screenshot of Optimizer’s homepage. The side navigation bar should be visible including the settings button near the top. The health checks chart and cards should be visible with the settings button on the right hand side of the page. The 2 health check buttons should be highlighted.

All of the health checks have 2 common settings - enabled and schedule (described below). Some health checks also have specific settings (for example, the maximum number of issues for a project to be considered small).

Enabling/Disabling Health Checks

Each health check has a setting allowing it to be to be enabled or disabledaccessed in the left-hand navigation menu or within the Health Checks section itself, as shown below.

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You can adjust and update the parameters of each Health Check as you desire, and once complete, press Save to confirm and activate the changes.

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Each configuration can be expanded to provide more options for customization. You can also activate and de-activate each health check using these Settings.

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Enabling and Disabling Health Checks

You can easily enable or disable a Health Check within the Settings. There are 3 possible states for this settingeach Health Check:

  • Enabled - the health check will run automatically according to the schedule and when run manually

  • Manual Only - the health check will not run automatically, only when manually triggered

  • Disabled - the health check will not run automatically and cannot be manually triggered

This setting will appear next to the health check name in the settings modal (which can be accessed by clicking on one of the ⚙️ Settings buttons in Optimizer) and the value can be changed by selecting the desired state and clicking Save.

A screenshot of the settings modal (which opens after clicking one of the settings buttons) on the health checks tab, highlighting the enabled setting of one of the health checks

Scheduling Health Checks

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Scheduling Health Checks

You can control how often the Health Checks will automatically run (if enabled). The This setting allows you to select the selection of a frequency (hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly) and a time (for instance, hour of the day) which determines when and how often the health check will run.

This setting will appear within the expandable section for the health check in the settings modal (which can be accessed by clicking on one of the ⚙️ Settings buttons in Optimizer) and the value can be changed by selecting the desired frequency and time and clicking Save.

A screenshot of the settings modal (which opens after clicking one of the settings buttons) on the health checks tab with one of the health check settings sections open, highlighting the schedule setting, that the Health Check will run in your Jira site.

Once you have selected the desired frequency and time, press Save to confirm the selection.