Editing multiple issues in bulk

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You can assign a specific value to or remove a specific value from multiple issues. This way, you don't have to make the same change for several issues over and over again.

Available bulk actions

You can perform the following bulk actions:

  • You need the Portfolio for Jira user permission to save changes in Jira.
  • Sub-tasks inherit certain values of its parent story, including sprints, releases, and teams. You'll need to update such values of the parent story instead.

Assigning issues to a team

This section applies to issues that have never been assigned to a team, or issues that you want to reassign to a different team.

  1. In the scope section, select the checkboxes for the issues you want to assign to a team.
  2. Click the Bulk actions menu > Team. The Bulk actions dialog will be displayed.
  3. Choose the corresponding team for the selected issues.
    To remove the current values for the selected issues, choose None instead.
  4. Click Apply. The issues will be assigned to the selected team.
    Note that the issues will remain selected in the scope section.
  5. Save the changes by doing the following:
    1. Click Review changes. The 'Review changes' dialog will display, with all changes selected by default.
    2. Make sure the checkboxes for the team changes are selected, then click Save selected changes in Jira.

    You need the Portfolio for Jira user permission to save changes in Jira.

Removing issues from a plan

  1. In the scope section, select the checkboxes for the issues you want to remove from the plan.
  2. Click the Bulk actions menu > Remove from plan.
  3. In the confirmation dialog, click Remove.
  4. Save the changes by doing the following:
    1. Click Review changes. The 'Review changes' dialog will display, with all changes selected by default.
    2. Make sure the checkboxes for the issues you want to remove are selected, then click Save selected changes in Jira.

    You need the Portfolio for Jira user permission to save changes in Jira.

  • Issues that are already saved in Jira will be removed from the plan, but will remain in Jira.
  • Issues that aren't saved in Jira just yet will be permanently deleted from the plan.

Editing the release of issues

To edit the release of multiple issues, the issues must belong to the same project.

  1. In the scope section, select the checkboxes for the issues you want to edit the release for.
  2. Click the Bulk actions menu > Release. The Bulk actions dialog will be displayed.
  3. Choose the corresponding release for the selected issues.
    To remove the current values for the selected issues, choose None instead.
  4. Click Apply. The issues will be added to the selected release.
    Note that the issues will remain selected in the scope section.
  5. Save the changes by doing the following:
    1. Click Review changes. The 'Review changes' dialog will display, with all changes selected by default.
    2. Make sure the checkboxes for the release changes are selected, then click Save selected changes in Jira.

    You need the Portfolio for Jira user permission to save changes in Jira.

Moving issues to a new parent

To move multiple issues to a new parent, the issues must be of the same hierarchy level. Also, issues of the highest level in the hierarchy can't be moved to a new parent since these issues can't be moved any higher.

  1. In the scope section, select the checkboxes for the issues you want to move to a new parent
  2. Click the Bulk actions menu > Move. The Bulk actions dialog will be displayed.
  3. Choose the corresponding parent for the selected issues.
    To remove the current values for the selected issues, choose None instead.
  4. Click Apply. The issues will be moved to the selected parent.
    Note that the issues will remain selected in the scope section.
  5. Save the changes by doing the following:
    1. Click Review changes. The 'Review changes' dialog will display, with all changes selected by default.
    2. Make sure the checkboxes for the parent changes are selected, then click Save selected changes in Jira.

    You need the Portfolio for Jira user permission to save changes in Jira.

Last modified on Dec 30, 2019

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