Can I add existing epics to the product backlog?

[Neha D'silva]

My team was initially creating and handling backlog in Excel spreadsheets. We now plan to move to JIRA. I have just seen videos where I can only create new Epics and create new stories and add them to my backlog. But is there a way to link my existing stories and epics to the backlog in JIRA

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You need to write a listener that will capture workflow events on the "master" and pushes the proxy through them too.

However, this is fraught with complexities. You need to think about how you identify the master and proxy, and also how you prevent a human from moving the proxy and breaking your process, or how your listener handles the cases where a human has meddled and the states are different.