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Create automation from a CSV

Jcapella
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July 22, 2025

I need to create some JIRA automations but they are fairly complicated. I would like to be able to import a CSV to create my automation as it would be easier to setup in an excel table first. How do I do this?

 

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Aron Gombas _Midori_
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July 23, 2025

You can import automation rules from JSON (but not from CSV).

JSON is essentially a structured plaint text file that you can edit with any text editor. But there are friendlier editors available for it that hide the structure... I guess you can get a pretty similar experience like what you are used to in Excel.

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Vitalii Rybka
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July 22, 2025

Hi @Jcapella,

Unfortunately, Jira doesn't support importing automations from CSV. You'll need to create them manually through the UI.

Alternative approaches:

  1. Import CSV as issues first - then use field values to trigger different automation rules
  2. Use REST API - convert your CSV logic into API calls (requires technical knowledge)
  3. Excel as blueprint - use your spreadsheet as reference to manually build the rules

What type of automations are you creating? Field updates, transitions, notifications? The approach might vary based on your specific use case.

Feel free to DM me if you need help with the setup!

Hope this helps!

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Bill Sheboy
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July 22, 2025

Hi @Jcapella -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I am unclear what you want to accomplish.  Do you want to do one of these?

Import issues into Jira from a CSV filehttps://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/importing-data-from-csv-938847533.html

Import automation rules (from a previous export)https://confluence.atlassian.com/automation101/import-and-export-jira-automation-rules-1456179675.html

 

Kind regards,
Bill

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Oleksii Melnyk
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July 23, 2025

Hi @Jcapella

Unfortunately, it works only with JSON, but you can try to use some AI to transform your csv into JSON

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Jcapella
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July 22, 2025

I would like to setup all my tickets outside of JIRA because it is way simplier, as indicated in the first link. Then instead of importing those as tickets, I want to import them as a jira automation. The jira automation interface is very cumbersome, and very hard to manage the creation of 40 tickets all linked to each other. I would like to define what my automation should be and import it into JIRA

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