You can use Deep Clone as a tool to migrate thousands of issues to another project or instance. Migrating issues is possible between all Jira project types (company-managed, team-managed, software, JSM).

Please note that in some cases not all fields can be cloned. But since Deep Clone creates clones, the original issues remain unchanged in the original project. This ensures that you still have access to all original data, even if not all field values could be cloned.

  • To migrate issues from one project to another you need to perform a Bulk Clone.

  • To migrate issues from one instance to another you need to perform an Instance Clone.

  • To clone an entire company-managed project, you can perform a Project Clone.

Hints and tricks for migrating issues between projects

  • Issue fields:

    • Make sure that all issue fields you want to clone are also configured in the target project. The spelling of the field must correspond. (Components and versions can be created automatically by Deep Clone while cloning)

    • Cloning is easier if fields are not required in the target project while cloning.

    • Some custom fields and JSM fields cannot be cloned.

  • Consider creating an interim workflow for your target project, when you want to clone the issue statuses.

  • Consider disabling notifications in the notification scheme of the target project, to avoid too many notifications when bulk cloning.

  • In the default settings we add the Prefix “CLONE -” to every clone that is created. Make sure to uncheck that item when you want to prevent that.

  • In the default settings we add a “clones” issue link between the clone and the original issue. Make sure to uncheck that item when you want to prevent that.

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Bulk Clone a very large number of issues

Instance Clone

Known Limitations