Copying users from one project to another in Jira

Question

Scenario:

Single Jira instance with 2 projects hosted.

First project has 40 users (ofcourse not following scrum ;) ) with different roles.

After working for sometime, the team plans to have another project area for new objective, but with the same team members and roles.

Second project is created.

Now to add 40 users to this project, is there any way to just copy from first project and paste in second project?

Thanks in advance.

Teodora V _Warsaw Dynamics_ · Answer

Hi @Rajat Pratap Singh

You can use Configuration Manager for Jira to copy the whole project configurations, then deploy it as a new one. The new project will replicate the existing configuration, values, users, groups, roles, etc.

If you need additional minor changes, you can apply them manually. 
This use case is well documented here.

Ivan Tovbin · Answer

Good practice would be to put your users in groups and then simply assign groups to project roles.

Other than that, you can either do it manually, after all 40 users is not really that much. Another approach would be to move them with a script. You'll need a 3rd party add-on like Scriptrunner or JMWE for this.