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title: "Power Scripts product tour"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/PSJ/15481478/Power%20Scripts%20product%20tour"
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> Macro (aura-html)
> ℹ️ This page provides an overview of the main navigation elements of the Power Scripts app.
The screenshot below shows the *Power Plugins Configuration**** ***menu section in the *Jira Administration**** ***panel.
Let’s look at each menu section and learn more about the core functionalities of the Power Scripts app.
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## The SIL Manager
The SIL® Manager is a scripting console where you write, modify, organize, test/debug, and execute your scripts.
To open the SIL Manager:
1. In the *Jira Administration**** ***settings menu, select **Manage apps.**
2. In the side menu, click **SIL Manager**.
The SIL Manager is straightforward and easy to navigate. It consists of several components.
| | **What is this?** | **What can I do?** |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | In the left side of the SIL Manager, you have the **Files** panel, which contains two main directories:
- **silprograms**, where you organize and store your scripts and related files;
- a settings folder called **kepler**. | - Create file folders.
- Organize your scripts, files, and programs by grouping them in different folders.
- Open the scripts you want to modify or run.
- Save the script you’re working on. Alternatively, you can use the **Save** () icon located on the main menu toolbar.
- Use the **Search **field to locate specific scripts.
- Collapse or expand the **Files** panel by clicking the vertical** ***Files*** **icon. |
|  | The Power Scripts editor is the central and largest panel in the SIL Manager. This is where you do the actual scripting. | - Create or modify your saved scripts.
- The name of the file you’re working on is shown at the top left corner of the editor.
- When you start typing, the SIL manager offers prompts for your script. |
|  | When working in the editor, you use the main menu toolbar to perform different actions or accomplish certain tasks. | - Use the **File** drop-down menu to create new folders and files and access the SIL manager settings.
- Use the **Edit **drop-down menu to search for specific text in the script, find and replace specific text, or go to a specific row and column in the script.
- Use the **Insert** drop-down menu to add a condition in your script.
- Use the **Snippets** drop-down menu to insert a snippet into your code. Snippets are small ready-to-edit sections of code that can be inserted into a larger script.
- Use the **Window** drop-down menu to switch between full-screen and regular mode.
- Use the **Run** drop-down menu to set the *Default Script Context*, which can be a specific Jira issue or global.
The **Run **menu also lets you check, run, or debug the script you’re working on. To do this, you can also use the **Check** (), **Run **( ), and **Debug** () icons on the main menu toolbar. |
|  | The tabs at the bottom of the SIL Manager display scripts-related data. | - The **Editor** **console** displays output for some of the scripts that you run.
- The **Server log** tab opens the actual Jira server log, where you can view Power Script errors.
- The **Event viewer** displays event data for the scripts you run or check. For more information about an event, click its **Show details** link.
As you can see in the screenshots above, each tab that you open contains additional menu icons situated in the right corner of the panel. Use these icons to perform actions specific to the panel you’ve opened. For example, in the **Editor console** you can copy the output, download it to a file or clear the results. |
|  | The vertical tabs on the right provide access to additional panels where you can create and manage SIL-specific variables and aliases and access the Power Scripts documentation. | - You can use the **Persistent variables** panel to create and assign values to variables that are not part of Jira, but are stored in the database.
- You can use the **SIL Aliases** panel to create aliases for custom fields created in Jira. You can then use the aliases instead of the Jira issue keys.
> ℹ️ Persistent variables and SIL aliases are part of the advanced Power Scripts functionality.
- In the **SIL Help **panel, you can open the online Power Scripts product documentation or use the search field to access the in-product help content. |
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## The Script Templates menu
Script templates are customizable scripts that you can use immediately without any coding. A simple interface generates the script based on your needs. Script templates are designed to support beginner Power Script users with some of the most commonly used types of scripts. For ease of use, script templates are organized into categories.
To browse the *Script Templates* section:
1. Go to **Manage apps,** and in the *Power Plugins Configuration**** ***section, click **Script Templates**.
2. Select a category.
3. Click a script template to open it.
If you are just starting with Power Scripts, you can browse and read through the available script templates. All script templates follow a similar structure.
1. Under the template's name, you can see a short description of the script action.
2. Use the** **drop-down menus to set the context for the script–where and how it will be applied.
3. Some script templates require additional values or parameters.
4. The **SIL code preview **displays the script based on the options, parameters, and values you provide.
5. Once the script is generated in the **SIL code preview** panel, you can run it immediately by clicking **Apply Action**.
Alternatively, copy and paste the code into the SIL Manager.
To learn how and when to use script templates, see the [feature's documentation](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSJ/pages/15488664).
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## The Power Apps Config menu
In some cases, your scripts need additional configurations in order to run properly on the Jira instances that you manage. You can access and manage these configurations on the *Power Apps Config* page.
1. Go to **Manage apps,** and in the *Power Plugins Configuration**** ***section, click **Power Apps Config**.
You can access some of the most used configurations nested under the *Power Apps Config* menu link.
2. Select a configuration group from the top-level menu.
> ℹ️ The **Power Scripts** configuration menu has some specific configurations related to the Power Scripts app. If you install another Power Suite app, its configurations will be added to this menu.
3. Select a specific configuration from the sub-menu.
4. To create a configuration, provide the required values and parameters in the configuration settings panel.
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## The Power Suite menu
In addition to Power Scripts, the Power Suite toolkit has additional apps and connectors.
To view and/or install Power Suite apps and connectors:
1. Go to **Manage apps,** and in the *Power Plugins Configuration**** ***section, click **Power Suite**.
2. The dashboard lets you see which apps have already been installed.
In this example, it’s just Power Scripts.
3. To install a new app, click **Try it.**
You are automatically redirected to the *Atlassian Marketplace, *where you can start a free trial or purchase the app.