With the Copy action, you can create a full copy of a structure, and, optionally, clone every issue in the structure.

If you need to copy only a part of a structure, create a new empty structure and use Issue Clipboard to copy a part of the structure.

To create structure copy:

  1. Open Manage Structures page using top navigation Structure menu.
  2. Find the structure you'd like to copy and click Copy link in the Operations column.

    If you don't see Copy in the Operations column, then you probably don't have permissions to create new structures.

    The Copy Structure page will show you the information about the structure, including its size and the number of issues, generators, and synchronizers it contains. If the structure contains automation, you can click the Calculate link in the Visible Content section to execute the generators and see the generated content statistics.

  3. Choose if you'd like to copy synchronizers, if the structure has any. If you don't see Copy Synchronizers option, then you probably don't have a permission to create synchronizers. See Copying Synchronizers for more details.
  4. Choose if you'd like to clone issues.
  5. When cloning issues, enter additional parameters for the cloning process.
  6. Press Copy Structure or Start Cloning.

   

Copying Structure As-Is vs. Cloning Issues

 

Copy Structure

Copy Structure & Clone Issues

Selected answer for Clone Issues?

No

Yes

New structure created?

Yes

Yes

New structure contains:

same JIRA issues as the original structure

clones (copies) of the issues from original structure

Quick?

Yes

No, background process is launched to do issue cloning

Permissions required:

View access to the original structure
Create Structure permission

View access to the original structure
Create Structure permission
Bulk Change global JIRA permission
A number of project-level permissions

For details about configuring and running cloning, see Copying Structure and Cloning Issues.

New Structure

The new structure is created with the following properties:

You can immediately edit new structure's properties on the screen with the copy result.