Restoring structure from backup brings back the structures, synchronizers and views created at the moment of backup.
Restoring structure will not affect issues in any way or restore them. The issues that make up the hierarchy should already exist in JIRA. If you do full restore, then you need to run the standard JIRA data restore first - see Structure Backup, Restore, and Migration.
The issues in the structures are identified by their internal numeric ID. If you have transferred issues via JIRA's Project Import, issue IDs have changed and so you need to use Structure Migration.
Use Restore Structure when:
- the backup was made on this JIRA instance or on its predecessor,
- and, you need to fully restore structure data,
- and, you can lose the current structure data stored on this JIRA instance (issues are not affected, only their organization into structures).
To restore the structure from backup:
- Navigate to Administration | Structure | Restore Structure.
- Enter the full path to the structure backup file (either .xml or .zip).
- Click Restore.
- If Structure currently has any data, it will ask you to confirm the restore operation. Restoring from backup clears all Structure data, and it cannot be undone! If you have data that you're overwriting, you might want to perform Backup first.
- Wait until page loads – Structure data has been restored! The plugin will be restarted and will be available a few seconds after Restore has completed.
After the structure has been restored, open Structure | Manage Structure page to see if the structures are there.
You also can restore structure data from backup files made with the earlier versions of the Structure plugin.