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? 

[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!