How to bulk create projects ?

CST JIRA Confluence Admin

Using a Template (an project with all required Schemes, Board, Workflow), is it possible to create many project in one go ?

Currently only one at a time is possible using " Copy Project " of Scriptrunner by Adaptavist.

There is a need to create about 15 projects using a Template

Any possibilities or ideas, much appreciated.

Aidan Derossett [Adaptavist]

Hey there!

I saw your question while doing support, so I thought that I'd just pop over here and answer it for you. Next time you make a community question, however, it is a good idea to add the "scriptrunner" tag. We on the ScriptRunner team pay pretty close attention to questions that fall within that tag and work on them as frequently as we can. 

Without any further delay, I've written a script that should work as a template to accomplish what you're looking for. You will find it below:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.onresolve.scriptrunner.canned.jira.admin.CopyProject

def projectManager = ComponentAccessor.getProjectManager()

def params = [:]
def copyProject = new CopyProject()
def parentProject = projectManager.getProjectByCurrentKey("GIB")

(1..15).each{
    params = [
            (CopyProject.FIELD_SOURCE_PROJECT) : parentProject.getKey(),
            (CopyProject.FIELD_TARGET_PROJECT) : "PROJKEY$it",
            (CopyProject.FIELD_TARGET_PROJECT_NAME) : "PROJNAME$it",
            (CopyProject.FIELD_COPY_VERSIONS) : true,
            (CopyProject.FIELD_COPY_COMPONENTS) : true,
            (CopyProject.FIELD_COPY_ISSUES) : true,
            (CopyProject.FIELD_COPY_DASH_AND_FILTERS) : false,
            (CopyProject.FIELD_CLONE_BOARD_NAME) : parentProject.name+"Board $it"
    ]

    copyProject.doScript(params)
}

To create this, I used the CopyProject class that is used in the built-in script. I make a new CopyProject instance and grab the project that I'd like to use as the template via its key (parentProject). I then use a closure to define the necessary map of parameters that will be used for each noew project. From there it's as simple as calling the doScript method with the CopyProject instance that was initialized previously (passing in the params map as an argument). 

The script that I've provided is pretty bare-bones and can be added upon. The strings that I set for the target project values are just meant to be generic and unique. However, you can use a list or collection of your own values to fill in those ambiguous ones that I preset.

I hope that helps!

Aidan