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Cloning epics and it's children tasks

Caroline Downes

Hi there,

One of our templates on our client's website requires similar Epics and children tasks as part of an upgrade project (each carline needs to be updated to the new templates). As part of the project I would like to be able to clone the epic and it's children and then able to bulk edit (component, version and URLs). How do I do this? I know how to clone an issue but I really need to clone the epic and its links to it's children tasks.

I have attached a screenshot below to show you what exactly I would like to clone and then bulk edit.

Thanks!

Accepted answers

Mauro Badii

Hi Caroline,

As I just commented on the support request, there is a Feature request for this functionality at https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/GHS-7721

Please vote and watch that issue to be kept updated.

Cheers,
Mauro

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Mauro Badii

Hi Caroline,

As I just commented on the support request, there is a Feature request for this functionality at https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/GHS-7721

Please vote and watch that issue to be kept updated.

Cheers,
Mauro

Kevin_Railsback

That Jira link doesn't work, but its been 4.5 years now and this still doesn't seem to be an option. Any update?

Marc Laveson

Same here, I would like the ability to clone an epic and all of its children tasks.

Marlene Kegel - codefortynine

With our cloud app Deep Clone for Jira you can clone Epics and all of its children tasks.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with us at support@codefortynine.com when you have any questions.

Jack Hunter _HeroCoders_

Epics Map also allows cloning an epic and all its children's tasks in Jira Cloud.

It is a free app that my team has released recently.

UPDATE: Clone epic functionality has been extracted to a separate free plugin named Clone Epic Template for Jira

Harshal Rawade

thanks!!

Ibrahim Farhan_f5udmq

Epic Clone allows you clone Epics and all Related Issues.

A new lightweight app released recently by IJ-Solutions Team.

Danish Hassan

Hi,

This is EPIC CLONE free app and it worked perfectly.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220519/epic-clone?hosting=server&tab=overview

Danish Hassan

Hi,

This is EPIC CLONE free app and it worked perfectly.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220519/epic-clone?hosting=server&tab=overview

Patrick_yb9ulu

This works great and also good for epic overview/progress

Suzanne Layman

Please add this functionality!

Kevin_Railsback

Yes, that's what we ended up going with as our solution and it's working great. This really does seem like it should be a core functionality of Jira, but I'm very glad your team has solved this for us.

Marlene Kegel - codefortynine

Thank you, Kevin! It's great to hear that our app makes your everyday work easier. That confirms me that we're on the right track

As mentioned above: If you experience something negative when working with Deep Clone let us know.

John Deleppo

I just added Epics Map to my Jira Cloud instance and received the following error when I tried to clone a next gen Epic.

An error occurred while cloning the epic

The operation didn't succeed. Some of the issues might not have been cloned. Error details: {"errorMessages":["At least one of 'id' or 'key' is required to identify an issue."],"errors":{}}

I was trying to clone an epic that was created before I installed Epics Map. Could that have something to do with it?

Shrinivas Patil_m4adni

Does this clone even the tasks associated with EPIC? I am looking for a free option where we can close EPIC and tasks under EPIC.

Frederick Washburn

Just tried this on our Server instance, it works great however the Epic Name entered on the clone screen does not get put into the new cloned Epic - it's retaining the name from the original. Not a big deal you just need to remember to change it.

Also notices that the the text in the Epic Name field to change was the same as the Summary and not representative of the Epic Name in the issue.

Doesn't look like there is support for this, with it being a free app.

Ibrahim Farhan

Are you using the last version ( 1.3.0)?

Shrinivas Patil_m4adni

I got this enabled and works perfect in JIra Server instance.

Ibrahim Farhan

Can you please give a short review on that?

Paul Pavlovsky_AppLiger_

Using our Easy Templates for Jira Cloud you can create clone of Epics with children tasks and subtasks. Then use this template to easily restore Epics structure in selected project.

Drop us a line if more questions will appear!

Liber

The out of the box solution is to

0. Go to the Epic you want to clone/copy and choose View in search by "Issues in epic"
1. export the tasks to CSV, with only the most necessary fields:
type of task, summary, description and Epic link

2. import the csv and re-assign the epic link in the process. For this step you can pre-create the new epic so you can assign the tasks so they end up there directly in the import process

Took me a while to figure out but it worked well when I made it work
Here is the link to get help to import issues from CSV:
https://support.atlassian.com/jira-core-cloud/docs/create-issues-using-the-csv-importer/

Nishanth Thimmareddy _Appfire_

Hi all,

You can use Clone Plus for Jira Cloud to clone an epic, its issues and their subtasks with estimates also.

I'm the product manager for the app.

If you have questions or feedback about Clone Plus for Jira, please get in touch with us directly.

Cheers,

Nishanth T

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