Bulk Unarchieve/ Restore Issues

Question

Hi ,

I have a Project by the name of MBFF and it had 789 defects in it. I have archived all the 789 defects.

Is there a way to bulk restore/unarchive them and also can I migrate the issue type of these issues from Defect to Bug ?

If I download a CSV (All fields) export of archived issues (Defects) , then bulk upload it..

Will it be uploaded as a new issues ?

Can it be uploaded as Bug?

Igor Dugalic · Answer

Hi @Harshit Grover

I faced a similar situation and wrote a script for this that can be executed in the console. I know that this post is a few months old, but maybe it can help others.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.archiving.ArchivedIssueService

def um = ComponentAccessor.userManager
def archivedIssueService = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(ArchivedIssueService)

def techUser = um.getUserByName("user") // replace user with a user ID that has the required permissions
def issues = ["key-1", "key-2"] // replace with all issue keys that need to be restored/unarchived

for (item in issues) {

def validationArchive = archivedIssueService.validateRestoreIssue(techUser, item, false)

if (validationArchive.valid) {
archivedIssueService.restoreIssue(validationArchive)
}
}

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Harshit Grover

This post indicates there is not a Bulk Restore option, but that you can use the JIRA REST API to restore multiple issues at once.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/How-can-I-bulk-un-archive-Jira-issues/qaq-p/1756508

(credit to @Mohamed Benziane )

I believe the migration to a different issue type will need to be a separate step.

I don't believe you can use the CSV import process to restore the issues nor to change the Issue Type for an issue.

Alex Koxaras -Relational- · Answer

Hi @Harshit Grover

Take a look at this documentation https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/archiving-an-issue-968669980.html#Archivinganissue-Restoringanissue

Let me know if that helps.