Create new project using existing workflows

Ethan Trewhitt

I'm new to administering JIRA but I've come across a frustrating point: every new JIRA project seems to create a new Workflow and Workflow Scheme (at least) with the project name. Since I want to set these new projects to use an existing common Workflow (Scheme), it's annoying to have to go through this process with each new project:

1. Change the project's workflow and scheme to point to the common one
2. Switch to the list of workflow schemes
3. Click "inactive" to show the now inactive scheme
4. Delete the workflow scheme
5. Switch to the list of workflows
6. Click "inactive" to show the now inactive workflow
7. Delete the workflow

I'm probably missing a few steps because I don't remember the specifics, but it's a needlessly complex process.

Is it possible to create a new project without all the extra stuff getting created that I will end up deleting anyway?

Thanks in advance.

 

Bhushan Nagaraj_ae5psb

Hey Ethan,

JIRA Automatically creates a new scheme

This occurs if you create a project using one of the JIRA Project Templates. For example, JIRA Agile Project. To avoid automatically creating these schemes each time a project is created, select the JIRA Classic Project type during creation. This will assign all the existing default schemes to the project. 

Once you create the project, you will have to manually change each scheme to use your existing scheme.

Workaround

You can build your own project template and use it to create projects to use a specific scheme when created. Take a look at https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Creating+a+Project+Template