How to Import Iteration Plan from Confluence to Jira

Question

Hi Jira Support Team,

I have an iteration plan that is currently documented on a Confluence page, and I would like to integrate this plan into Jira. Could you please provide detailed steps on how to import or sync this iteration plan from Confluence to Jira?

Thank you for your assistance.

Best regards,
Pramod Shrivastav

Earl McCutcheon · Answer

Hello @Pramodkumar Shrivastav ,

It sounds like what you are trying to do is covered in really great detail in a comment on the following community thread with highlighted steps:

* https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Importing-Issues-from-Confluence/qaq-p/1353055

Please check this out to see if it is what you are looking for but a quick summary of the key takeaways are the following Documentation and Youtube video with a deeper explanation:

* YouTube Video of the actions to take 
* Use Jira and Confluence together

Regards,
Earl

Bhanu_ihv087 · Answer

Hi @Pramodkumar Shrivastav

Welcome to the Community!

Jira Supports content import from an external system via JSON, CSV and Trello. Jira is tightly integrated with Confluence but It does not have a way to import data from confluence.

If the Iteration plan is in the form of a Table, you can export the data to a excel from confluence and format it to be imported as a CSV file. You will have to define the Issue Types and custom fields for mapping the type of tasks in your plan from High-level (Milestone / Initiative) to sub-tasks level for you to be able to import the data. You can configure Jira to use multiple hierarchy levels based on your business needs.

Once you import the data, you can create a Scrum Board to run your iterations in Parallel or one at a time based on the configuration of your Jira Instance.

Danut M _StonikByte_ · Answer

Hi @Pramodkumar Shrivastav,

If you created a (high level) iteration plan in Confluence, you should put in in practice in Jira, by creating a project, epics, stories & tasks with estimations, sprints and then let you team work on them.

Once you have all these things created, you can track them by using Jira reports or by creating Jira dashboards or Confluence pages with the necessary gadgets /macros (release burndown, sprint burndown, velocity, etc like the ones offered our Great Gadgets app).

Hope this helps.

Danut.