Automation Rule - Possible to send jira task to different project depending on status selected?

[Spenser Kirishian]

Is it possible to set an automation rule based on the following condition? 

If user transitions to a particular status, can an automated rule take place to move that Jira task to a different project? So it would basically automate the below manual "Move" steps so that our employees would save time: 

Move Issue

1. Select destination project and issue type
   Project: ABC
   Issue Type: Bug
2. Map statuses
   Status: Backlog
3. Update fields
4. Confirm changes

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Spenser Kirishian 

Automation for Jira does not support the Move operation.

The closest thing you can do is use the Clone operation to create a new copy of the issue in the destination project, and delete or close the original issue.

Cloning doesn't take the full history of the issue. You won't get any of the Comments from the original issue. And it will be created in the starting Status for the workflow in the destination project. If you wanted the comments you would have to include steps to copy them over. If you wanted a different status than the default, you would have to include a step to transition the issue.