Best method to migrate a JIRA Cloud workflow to another JIRA Cloud instance

Question

Dear Atlassian Community,

I would like to migrate a JIRA Cloud Workflow to another JIRA Cloud Instance. That would be too long to reproduce the Workflow.

I understand that until a few weeks ago, it was possible to upload a workflow as an app on the MarketPlace (the app could be public or remain private) then import from the marketplace in a new JIRA instance.

That is no longer possible unless the app is server compatible and public. But I can't make my workflow public.

Any one has a workaround to migrate a JIRA Cloud Workflow to another JIRA Cloud instance?

Thanks! Geoffrey

Geoffrey Bagot · Answer

Hi @__ Jimi Wikman ,

I have found this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7VYuUekrVo

That is a perfect workaround for what I need.

Thank you for your comments.

Best regards, Geoffrey

__ Jimi Wikman · Answer

May I ask what kind of monster of a workflow you have created that can not easily be recreated on a different instance?

The worst one I have seen had around 30 statuses and a few hundred transitions, which of course is absurd since we build workflows, not state diagrams. Still, that took around 30 minutes to set up because it also had some post functions and trigger to add.

I am not asking to criticize, just because I am curious to see what beasts people are creating out there :)

Tom O_Connor · Answer

@Geoffrey Bagot You posted this question in the JIRA ALIGN community area.  You may get better response if you post your question in the JIRA community question area found here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/qa-p/jira-software-questions