Is there a way to add a bunch of users to a group? We're using Cloud.

[John Wilson]

I need to add over 700 people to a few groups. I have their account names in a list. Is there a way to add them in bulk? (I don't want to have to add them one-by-one!)

I've seen some possible solutions for people on the Server version, but we're on the Cloud version.

Thanks, 

John Wilson

[John Wilson · Accepted solution]

That was the answer we needed – submit an Atlassian support ticket with an attached CSV file. They will import it and upload it into your Cloud instance. It should have the form: 

Username,Groupname
user1,jira-administrators
user 2,confluence-users
user3,JIRA Users
user3,confluence-users

I created the groups ahead of time. Don't know what would have happened if they didn't exist yet.

[thomas britton]

Hahahahaha is this still the most legit answer? 

[lorenz-wellmer]

unfortunately yes.

Atlassian just doesn't care apparently

[Mark Burgess]

That isn't a very sustainable way to maintain a user-base. Atlassian, this is a great enhancement request to enable your Cloud users to maintain their users on their own. 

[Vijay Sv]

If you have a scriptrunner try this...

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def userUtil = ComponentAccessor.userUtil
def userManager = ComponentAccessor.userManager
final String groupName = "GROUPA" // the group you want to add users
def group = ComponentAccessor.groupManager.getGroup(groupName) // user names of the users to add
final List<String> userToAdd = ["USR1", "USR2", "USR3"]

userToAdd.each {
def usertoadd = userManager.getUserByName(it)
if (!usertoadd) {
log.warn("User: $userToAdd doesn't exist")
return

}

if (ComponentAccessor.getGroupManager().getGroupsForUser(usertoadd).contains(group)) {
log.warn("User: $usertoadd.username already in the group: $groupName")
return

}

if(!group) {
log.warn("Group: $groupName doesn't exist")

} else {

userUtil.addUserToGroup(group, usertoadd)
log.warn("User: $usertoadd.username added to the $groupName")

}

}

[Tony Pham]

John,

Please check out the CLI (Command Line Interface) tools from Bob Swift. It will allow you to perform many bulk operations for the Atlassian tools.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?_ga=2.139201206.408359524.1517235793-735088774.1510598772&query=cli

[John Wilson]

Looking at it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[John Wilson]

Thanks for the suggestion, Tony. Those tools may work, but they have a large cost at our level of licenses. 

I found a couple of other options. The best one was to submit a support ticket to Atlassian. They said to send them a CSV file with the usernames and Jira group names. From the support tech's email:

"The CSV should have the structure below:

Username,Groupname
user1,jira-administrators
user 2,confluence-users
user3,JIRA Users
user3,confluence-users"

I sent it to them, they imported them, and we're done!

Thanks Atlassian!