By default, all Jira Issues in all Jira projects are mapped to the (Change Management) Change Request resource. However, they can also be mapped to any of the Quality Management resources (Test Case, Test Plan, Test Execution Record, Test Script and Test Result) to play a different role in the project's lifecycle. This alternative mapping changes the nature of an Issue in the OSLC interactions with remote applications, notably by changing the available link types between them: an Issue represented by a Test Case, for example, can now be linked to a remote application's Requirement through the validates relationship.

Any Issue Type can be mapped to a Quality Management resource type but choose wisely before doing so. A Task and Bug Issue Types are by nature Change Request resource types, this means new Issue Types must be typically created to map Quality Management resource types; but if the Xray plugin is installed, they will be already created and they only need to be properly mapped to them. An info alert message will be displayed if this mapping is not yet done on the selected Issue Type Scheme. Click on the Do you want to associate them? link inside this info alert to open a pop-up window with the suggested mapping(s). Finally, click on the Update button to apply them after any possible change made.