How to link a Jira project to Atlas?

[Hugo Santos]

Hello Atlassian Community,

how can I link a Jira project that has multiple epics, to an Atlas project so that in Atlas we can have the work being tracked in a Jira project instead of a single epic?

[Jazimo H]

jazimo

First, make sure that your Jira and Atlas accounts are connected. You might need admin access to do this, so check with your team if you’re not sure.

If you don’t have an Atlas project yet, go ahead and create one. This is where you’ll track everything.

Link Jira to Atlas:

In your Atlas project, find the settings or the section where you can connect other projects.

Look for an option to link to Jira and select it. You might need to log in or give permissions here.

After linking, you should see a list of your Jira projects. Choose the one that has all the epics you want to track.

Once linked, Atlas will pull in issues from that Jira project, including all the different epics. You can organize how you want to see this work in Atlas, maybe by filtering it by epics or tasks.

[Dave Mathijs]

Hi @Hugo Santos welcome to the Atlassian Community!

As per Atlas documentation: How to link work in Jira Software to goals and projects powered by Atlas:

There is a 1:1 mapping between a project powered by Atlas and a Jira Software epic. If you’d like to add more links to your project in Atlas without syncing them, we recommend using the Related Links field.

[Hugo Santos]

Hi @Dave Mathijs, thank you for your feedback.

I would like to link a Jira project with an Atlas project. Not a Jira Epic with an Atlas project.

Typically, projects have more than one epic, I don't understand the logic of linking Jira Epics with Atlas projects. In a scenario that you have 10 epics in a Jira project, would you need 10 Atlas projects about the same actual project?

Is this not possible at all, or do I need to create a hierarchical level above epic and use this new level to track the work in Atlas?