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title: "Bind a Project to a Connection"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CSFJIRA/470754674/Bind%20a%20Project%20to%20a%20Connection"
format: markdown
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## Which version are you using?

### Cloud

1. Go to **Settings > Apps**, and in the sidebar, under *CONNECTOR FOR SALESFORCE*, select **Bindings**.
2. On the **Bindings** screen, click **+Add Binding** in the top right corner. If this is your first connection, the *Bind your Jira project with Salesforce* panel appears, providing a brief explanation of the step and a link to more information. You can also click **+Add binding** here to open the *New Binding *dialog.
  The* New Binding* dialog appears.
3. Choose a **Project** you want to bind and the **Connection** you want to bind it to.
4. Click **Add**.  
Connector begins automatically importing compact layouts. When finished, you are directed to the *Mapping Configuration* page to check your **Mapping** settings. For more information, see [Configuring Entity Mappings and Field Mappings](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=csfjira&title=Configure%20Entity%20Mappings%20and%20Field%20Mappings&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=470754674).

### Server

1. Go to **Settings** > **Add-ons**.
2. In the sidebar, under **Salesforce**, choose **Bindings**.
3. On the **Bindings** screen, click **+Add Binding**.
4. The **New Binding** dialog opens.
5. Choose a **Project** you want to bind and the **Connection** to which you want to bind it.
6. Click **Add**. When successful, you will be asked to create default mappings for supported issue types.   
By default, you will be asked to map with Salesforce Case, but you can always map with other objects later.
7. Choose the issue types you want a default mapping to create. Click **Create**.  
If successful, the **Bindings** screen will display the binding you just added.

## Next steps

- [Configuring Entity Mappings and Field Mappings](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=csfjira&title=Configure%20Entity%20Mappings%20and%20Field%20Mappings&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=470754674)
- [Configuring Field Displays and accessing the Details Display screen](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=csfjira&title=Configuring%20Field%20Displays%20and%20accessing%20the%20Details%20Display%20screen&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=470754674)