Can you move one project to another project?

Lauren Brooker July 14, 2016

Hi,

I know it is possible to move issues to another project but can you move a project to another project to keep the issue key?

Thanks,

Lauren

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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July 14, 2016

I'm not sure what you are aiming to achieve here - projects contain issues, so in a literal reading, "move one project to another project" is nonsense.  The only way I could answer it would be "move all the issues from one project to another", but that's explicitly ruled out, so I'm stuck on what you're trying to achieve.

If it is about moving the issues, then no, the issue key is always "current project - sequence".

Lauren Brooker July 14, 2016

I was asked if we could merge projects into another project. I was finding out if this was possible, now I know we can't so I can let them know. 

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July 14, 2016

Ah, ok.

Yes, a project merge is "move all the issues from one project to another". 

You can set it up so that they remain distinct-ish - if you've got issue type A, B and C in the source project, and D, E and F in the target, and they have different configurations for fields, screens and workflows, you could add A, B and C issue types and config into the target project so the issues still work the way they did in the old project.  But they'll have to take on the project key and sequence of the target project (searching their old key will still find them)

Lauren Brooker July 14, 2016

Great! That's perfect, thank you.

Deleted user July 15, 2016

Nic, I think you meant to say that the issue key is formed by concatenating the project KEY with Issue Sequence. How hard it is to configure this logic to include Component key also as part of forming the issue key if required. For example, if a project 'PRJ' has two major components, let us say 'MAIN' and 'SRVC' and if we need to create the issues in MAIN as 'PRJ-MAIN-1' and issues in SRVC as 'PRJ-SRVC-1' ?  So, this way, all Lauren needs to do is to create a component with the same name of the old project key in the target project and after the move, the key will still have reference to the old project instead of taking the project key from the target project as is. I knew this future is not available in JIRA now. But, I am curious to hear from you on this idea.

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July 15, 2016

That is what I said.

It's very hard to change the key.  You would need to rewrite quite a large amount of JIRA's core code, plus all the applications and add-ons to do it, rendering it not upgradable or supportable.  Also, basing the key on components won't work anyway, as it's a multiple option.

Deleted user July 15, 2016

Nic, In general terms, I agree with you on the statement 'components won't work anyway, as it's a multiple option', but if it should be configurable with some kind of limitation on the component key size and there should be an option of either to configure with component key or without component key to generate issue identifiers. I do understand that the back flow from add ons to JIRA may be an issue and it is more work for all the applications and add ons. Since JIRA has some limitations on hierarchy, it is impacting our ability to do many things that our clients expect.

I do currently have an immediate need with one of my client, but managing in an alternate way. Thanks.

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July 15, 2016

I was simply pointing out that (pointlessly) complex keys can not be done in JIRA. 

I've yet to find a case where they're actually useful, and JIRA keeps them short and easy.  It's never going to have compound keys, they're just not useful.

 

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July 15, 2016

And if it is about changing the project key for a project, you can do that. And redirect will work afterwards. But you can't change the project key to one used by another project

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