Automatically create a Project with all tickets

[Y_ Oezl]

Hello dear Community,

there's a question I'd like to ask. I have a project and there are tickets in it. I want to clone or copy this project with the tickets in it. Because we want to use this project I created as a template and we want to copy the project and its contents as much as we need with an automation.

How can I do this? Is there anyone who can help me with this?

Thanks for your help.

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Y_ Oezl 

Is the source a Company Managed project or a Team Managed project?

You could export the issues to a CSV file and then import them to a new project. You would have to make changes in the exported CSV file so that the Epic/child issue and child issue/subtask relationships were created correctly. And the Epic/child relationship can be created during CSV import only for Company Managed project. So if you are needing to create Team Managed projects this solution would not work fully.

And, if you are working with Company Managed projects, during the Create Project process you can elect to have the new project Share Configuration with the "template" project, so they would be set up with the same fields, screens, workflows, etc.

[Wolfgang -Litew8 GmbH-]

Hi @Y_ Oezl

so I understood you have a project that you want to use as a template to create new projects based on it & clone it's contents and issues ~>50 including there hierarchy.

Without app you'll have CSV import, Jira automation and 'Create with shared settings' checkbox as an options to work with.
CSV import only aims to create issues and not project configuration/project contents, also it is quite a hassle to use. 'Create shared settings' does not clone project contents, like components, versions, project role assignment, issues and Jira automation has only a trigger for Project created and makes it hard to clone project content / issues, especially if its more than 50.

Jira API, you could take a look into Jira API and utilize Jira automation's web request, scriptrunner or other tools that allow you to interact with Jira API to built your own solution that fits your requirements. 

App solutions: There a plenty of addons that support you in your usecase. There are apps focused on creating issue templates that you can use to populate projects. There a cloning apps like mentioned in this thread that allow to clone everything. 
And is the one solution that we are developing that is aimed to provide an intuitive and affordable solution to your use case: Project Templates for Jira. It allows to take one project as a source and create a custom project template based on it that uses shared configuration, clones project contents and also clones issues of that project if you specify so.

[Marlene Kegel - codefortynine]

Hi @Y_ Oezl,

I am Marlene from codefortynine.

If you are not successful to copy your template project with Jira Automation, you could give Deep Clone for Jira try.

With our app you can clone team- and company-managed Jira projects along with their settings and issues. 

The advantage of our app is, that it very easy to handle and can be operated by any Jira user. 

[Mohamed Benziane]

Hi,

You will need to code something using the API or use a plugin

[Y_ Oezl]

Is there only way ? I will look at it API solutions. 

Thanks 

[John Funk]

Hi Yigit,

How many issues are you trying to clone? Will this be a one time thing or will it happen many times? 

[Y_ Oezl]

Hi John, 

Thanks for your answer, I'm not sure but more than 50 Issues with Epic + Task + Sub-Tasks

When my colleague needs new project, I will click this automation and create for me a new Project with Issues. And If I'm not wrong, I need this every year around 5 6 Times.