It is very easy to define a default template of checklist items so it is applied to all new issues created in a project.
Nevertheless, if you want to apply a template to existing issues, i.e. created before the template was defined then you need to do extra work. There are three possible ways:
In this guide, we will focus on option 3, i.e., we will apply the checklist to issues in bulk through JIRA UI.
Let's assume that we've created a checklist template and marked it default for a given project at 12pm, June 9, 2017
. It means that all issues in that project created after that time will get this template applied automatically.
In this guide, we will show how to apply the template to all issues created before 12pm, June 9, 2017
.
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Next, go to Jira Issue Search view and find all the issues that you want to apply the checklist to.
In our example, we want to find all issues created before 12 pm, June 9, 2017
so our JQL advanced search statement will look like this:
created < "2017/06/09 12:00" |
Note: you might modify the search according to your needs, e.g. narrow the search result to issues from one project only.
Once completed, all selected issues will get a checklist selected in step 1a.
Please visit any of the updated issues, confirm the checklist is there.
Please note, that the same result can be achieved programmatically - it is possible to change the value of the Checklist Text field through JIRA REST API. Read more. |