Automating Jira Cloud Project Creation with a Board Having 3 Statuses per Column (Without Add-ons)

Deepak Rai
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March 5, 2025

 

I am trying to automate the creation of Jira Cloud projects where each project's board contains multiple columns, and each column has exactly three statuses. I want to achieve this using Jira's REST API or with any other automation steps without relying on any external add-ons.

What I need Help with:

  • Is there any way to automate board column configuration (assigning statuses to columns) via API in Jira Cloud?
  • Can this be done without using external marketplace add-ons?
  • Are there any workarounds or alternative approaches to achieve this automation?

Thanks in advance.

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Bill Sheboy
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March 5, 2025

Hi @Deepak Rai 

When I last checked, there was no REST API support for configuring a board, only to create a new board.  Here is the suggestion to add such configuration capability: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSWCLOUD-20535

Kind regards,
Bill

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Marc - Devoteam
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March 5, 2025

Hi @Deepak Rai 

As @Bill Sheboy mentions you can't configure a board.

But if you have a template project based on the setup you require, you could copy that projects board to the newly created project by use of the API.

Or at least it was possible, using the API endpoint /rest/greenhopper/1.0/rapidview/{source-board id}/copy

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