Bulk Create Users

[AgilePM]

What is the best way to bulk load users into JIRA? I read about CLi, do I need the extension or can I execute if I shell into JIRA server?

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/43961/jira-a-way-to-creat-500-internal-users

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/35897/bulk-create-users

OR can the 'Users' field be used by following this process:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Importing+Data+from+CSV

Sorry to duplicate question, but some questions pertaining to this have answers linking to broken links.

[Matheus Fernandes · Accepted solution]

The CLI is a tool by Bob swift that you'll need to download to use it - you just won't need to install it into JIRA as this is not a plugin (see the CLI docs).

It is also possible to use a CSV file as you mentioned, you just need to create issues with it and associate a different (new) user to each issue. For example:

IssueType, Summary, assignee
bug, "First issue", matheus
bug, "Second issue", peter
bug, "Third issue", user3
new feature, "Fourth issue", admin

I hope this helps! :)

[AgilePM]

Thank you - this helped and the CLI tool was very easy to configure / use.

[Matheus Fernandes]

I'm glad to hear that! :)

[Bhushan Nagaraj]

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/31103/is-it-possible-to-upload-users-to-jira-from-csv

Take a look at example 16-20

https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JCLI/Examples

https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JCLI/Documentation#Documentation-addUser

[Patrick McMahon]

I have written a plugin that may help:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/uk.co.commercecomputing.users

[Andrian F]

Hi Patrick, 

        Will your plugin allow us to declare the "User Directory"  for the new user ?

Thanks

Andrian

[Patrick McMahon]

Hi Andrian,

I am afraid not. It uses a CSV file to create the users.

Patrick.