Retroactively adding data to historical Jira issues (labelling etc)

[Anett Hunt]

Hello!

I was wondering if it is possible in Jira to enhance the data modelling of historical ticket or project data. Specifically, if this can be achieved through the existing Labels feature or by creating new data fields, and whether this can in any way be applied retroactively to historical data.

For instance, I believe you can filter through tickets using keywords and automations to potentially label tickets (or bulk updating). Are there any other possibilities to quickly scan through approx. 10k tickets?

EDIT: Does anyone know of any apps or integrations for Jira that could do the job?

Thank you!

[Ste Wright]

Hi @Anett Hunt 

You've mentioned two native features:

• Automation - to find the issues, and add context (like labels)
• Bulk Updating - from the search menu

But there's also CSV Import - you could export a list of the issue keys, modify the data in CSV, then re-import it in. See more on this help page, specifically this section:

Updating existing issues

To update existing issues, your CSV file needs to contain a column that maps to Issue Key. If an issue exists for a given key, it will be updated.

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There are Apps also, check out options such as...

• Advanced Bulk Edit for Jira 
• JXL - Sheets - using bulk inline editing
• Excel-like Bulk Issue Editor
• ...or another App from the Marketplace

Ste