Bulk Issue Updates

[Dogbazzawine]

I can create issues using the Issues "Import Issues from CSV".  We want to be able to bulk update issues with different values at a project level.  As each issue will have a different value we  cannot use "Bulk Change All" option. Is there any way to extend project permissions to all the use  of "External System Import"  or some other way of doing bulk update from a CSV.   We don't  want to grant multiple individuals System Administrators access. 

[Daniel Ebers]

The option "External System Import" needs an account with Jira administrator global permission as stated in the documentation (please find further information here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver0713/importing-data-from-csv-964983825.html#ImportingdatafromCSV-howRunningtheCSVfileimportwizard) and cannot be extended to project admins via permissions of "extended project administration".
Also "Import Issues from CSV" is only available to users holding Jira administrator global permission.

While it is understandable that you don't want to grant the specific needed permissions to a broader group of users maybe an approach through REST API is possible. There might be little or no ready-to-user scripts available but with the help of some code you'd probably reach the goal with least effort.

Cheers,
Daniel

[Mikael Sandberg]

Hi @Dogbazzawine,

Welcome to Atlassian Community.

You can use Excel Connector for Jira, it allows you to do you changes in Excel and then sync it to Jira directly, without having Jira admin permissions.