Skipped tests are reflecting as failed in JIRA

[Former user]

HI I have integrating my selenium Automation tests with JIRA thru ZAPI maven plugin. I have used maven and TesNG framework for automation where I am reading data frm XL sheet. In my test I have multiple scenarios with different set of test data(reading from XL sheet) and I have added one column in xl sheet to skip the particular scenario with test data. If I skip one scenario in my test case and execute it, I am getting result as failed in JIRA. For skipping test , I am throwing skipexception in test case. How can I add test result as skip instead of failed?

Secondly, I noticed that if any one of the scenarios in my test get failed then ZAPI plugin does not run.

Please clarify.