Scripting board creation

[Richard Dascombe]

Hi there,  I'd like to be able to recreate my Jira boards (and  workflows and queries ideally) in a new Jira instance.  Am I able to do this with a scripting language or do I perhaps need to export and re-import?  Any steer would be appreciated.  Thanks.

[Petter Gonçalves · Accepted solution]

Hello @Richard Dascombe

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Since you are going to move the data for a brand new instance (I suppose that it does not have any existing data), I believe the easier way to move your Jira boards, workflows and queries would be by exporting your data using the backup manager and then run a full restore in the new site, properly deleting the unwanted information after the restore. These would be the steps:

1. In the old site, Choose  > System

2. In the IMPORT AND EXPORT section, click Backup manager.

3. Under Backup for cloud, select Create backup for cloud.

4. In the new site, choose  > System. 
5. Select Import & Export > Restore System to open the Restore Jira applications data from Backup page
6. Upload the file you exported and click to restore
7. Delete the unwanted data exported, keeping only the boards, workflows and queries you want 

Let us know if you have any questions.