Is there a way to clone a board from one project to another, and keep the relationship between tasks

[Audra Morgan]

I have created a template board where I have Epics, storys and tasks with relationships to each other. I would like to copy or clone this board to new projects that I create. When I do this, the tasks show up, but they relate back to the original projects tasks. 

For example, Project A is my original project.

Inside Project A is my Template Board.

Inside this template board I have an Epic named Art.

Then I have a Story attached to my Epic named Base Game. 

Then I have a task linked as related to  Base Game named Background.

When I clone Project A to new project named Project B, everything gets copied over, but the relationships are attached to the issues in Project A rather than related to each other in project B. 

Similarly, when I copy  the board itself and rename it and move it to Project B, the issues all copy over but there is no relationships between them. 

Any help would be appreciated. 

[Luka Hummel - codefortynine · Accepted solution]

Hi @Audra Morgan

By default, Jira does not support cloning projects with the relationships between issues intact for the new project. This is primarily because the relationships (links) are specifically tied to the issue IDs in the original project. When you clone these issues into a new project, the system treats them as new entities with their own unique IDs, hence the links point back to the original project's issues.

If you are willing to use a third party app, our Deep Clone for Jira allows for cloning issues, projects, and configurations more flexibly. It can clone multiple issues at once and has options to clone links between issues, ensuring that relationships like epics to stories and tasks are maintained within the new project.

[Audra Morgan]

Thank you! This was super helpful. It worked!!

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Hi Audra, welcome to the Atlassian Community!

No, there's no way to clone boards in the way that you're describing.

This is because boards are not containers for issues, they are a view of a selection of issues.

When you are "cloning" the project here, the board is still set up to look at the original set of issues, so you're seeing the old data.

You should forget "cloning boards" and just add the board you need to the new project.

[Audra Morgan]

Thank you!

[Humashankar VJ]

Hi @Aud 

No such option to automatically recreate the relationships between tasks from one project to another.
You have to manually establish any necessary relationships, such as parent-child or linked issues, within the new project