bulk edit issues parent link

Question

Hi all,

I want to bulk edit a number of issues parent links.  For example, I have 100 stories under a parent but want to edit these to another parent.  Step 2 lists bulk actions to choose from.  When "Edit" is chose, the full list presented does not include updating parent.  Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira · Answer

Hi @Dorothy Callahan,

if you're open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace, you may want to have a look at the app that my team and I are working on: JXL for Jira.

JXL is a full-fledged spreadsheet/table view for your issues that allows viewing, inline-editing, sorting, and filtering by all your issue fields, much like you’d do in e.g. Excel or Google Sheets. It also comes with a long list of advanced features, including the ability to view, and move, issues in their default (i.e., epic/base-task/sub-task) hierarchy.

This is how it looks in action:

This works for any number of issues, so you should be done with your work in no time. Alternatively, you can also view and bulk edit the parent field as a column, using Excel-style copy/paste.

I should also add that JXL can do much more than the above: From support for configurable custom issue hierarchies, to issue grouping by any issue field(s), sum-ups, or conditional formatting.

Any questions just let me know,

Best,

Hannes

Laurie Sciutti · Answer

Hey @Dorothy Callahan ~ to change the parent using the bulk feature, you want to choose "Move" rather than "Edit".  Then you can select the new parent to move to...  HTH

Harrison Ponce · Answer

Hi @Jim Knepley - ReleaseTEAM - Hmmm this is curious. It seems this is a feature that will come with the new navigation UI update.

In our sandbox, where the new navigation is enabled, when I go to bulk change some issues, I see "Change parent" as an option in Edit.

But in our production site on the old experience, I do not see the "change parent" option.

Seems like it might be something they're bundling in with that upgrade.