Move Epic and everything underneath it to new Project

[Zara]

My Project is moving into another Project in JIRA.

I have a huge number of Epics, with Stories and the Sub-tasks- is there a way to Bulk move them?

If not, I know there is the Move feature- but it seems like I would have to manually go through each Epic , each story  to change the Project. In this case, can I just move the Epic to the new Project and everything under it (stories and sub-tasks associated) move as well?

[Jack Brickey]

you should create a jql to get the list where you want it, e.g.

issuekey = abc-123 or epiclink = abc-123

then use bulk move to move all issue to the new project. there may be a bit of clean up but it should be relatively quick w/ bulk move

[Zara]

@Jack Brickey Could you please explain that a little? Where exactly do I create the JQL?

Do I need to add every story and epic to this JQL?

[Jack Brickey]

replace your Epic id w/ abc-123 above in the two locations and see if that works for you. do this in the advanced issue search screen.

[Zara]

@Jack Brickey  This will move all stories and their sub-tasks under the Epic as well?

Thanks!

[Jack Brickey]

yes but as i said there may be some clean up. i recall doing this a long time ago. for example you may find that you need to do it in steps, e.g.

1. move epic, or just create a new one in the new project
2. move stories then in the new project bulk edit and add the new epic link
3. i might suggest you add a temp label to all of the issue in the current project so that when you move to the new project you can find them all under a jql that searches for the label.

i hope this is making sense. You can easily set up a test epic w/ a couple stories and try it out first.

[Zara]

@Jack Brickey 

Thanks for your help! I had a question. Since the Epic ID is autogenerated when you create an epic, will that change at all? or will it still remain as the same Epic ID?

Example- I create Epic "Make Icecream- it gets an Epic ID of 123 under Project -Desserts.

Now I move Epic ID:123- Make Icecream to Project- Food. Will Epic ID 123 remain as 123 or will that ID change?

[Jack Brickey]

it will change as it is specific to the project. Issuekey is proj-# so it will change.