What is the best solution to move a ticket from JSM to Jira Software?

Question

For contractual reasons, we have separate instances for Jira Service Management and Jira Software - both are Cloud products.

We have a use case where we would like to received change requests into JSM, triage the ticket with the potential to move it to the development project which is in Jira Software.

* Is there a simple solution to complete this process? 
* If I create an Application Link between the two products will that incur a fee or change to our licensing and thus the monthly billing?

Thank you in advance for any advise, suggestions, and help!

Best regards,

Dean

Trudy P Claspill · Accepted Answer

Hello @Dean

There are several third party apps available in the Atlassian Marketplace that enable you to synchronize issues between Jira instances. Here's a search to help you get started finding them.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=jira&query=issue%20sync

I also found a post that mentions Deep Clone for Jira will allow you to use the Clone operation to clone an issue from one instance to another.

https://documentation.codefortynine.com/deep-clone-for-jira/instance-clone

I don't believe there is built in support for moving issues between instances, even if you have an application link. The link just enables you to cross reference between the instance.

Maura Swart · Accepted Answer

Hi @Dean ,

The customer who submits a JSM request does not require a license. Anyone who needs access to tickets in Jira Software requires a license. Would it make sense for your use case to keep the JSM ticket open, create a ticket in Jira Software, and then link the Jira Software ticket to the JSM ticket. Automation and/or a third party app could be used to keep the tickets "communicating" and the customer updated.