Import Work from Jira

Import your works from Jira and quickly start your projects on Leiga. We support the bi-directional synchronization of works in Jira and Leiga, allowing you to use Leiga without worries.

Data Included

Data included in the import

Leiga can import following data from Jira that matches Leiga's concepts. Leiga will automatically match fields for your convenience. Some adapations are made for fields as well.

These properties are automatically matched:

Jira
Leiga

Summary

Title

Issue Type

Work Type

creator

Created By

Assignee

Assignee

Reporter

Reporter

Description

Description of the issue

Due date

Due Date

Labels

Tags

status

Status

Priority

Priority

ProjectID

Project ID

Parent Tasks/Sub-tasks

Parent Work/Child Work

Epic Link

Epic Link

Sprint

Sprint: An issue can only have one sprint; Leiga will retrieve newest sprint for an issue.

Story Points

Story Points

Please note that data not included in the table above like attachments or original story points will not be imported to Leiga.

For failed matched data such as custom fields, Leiga enables the importer to:

a. either manually matched to a similar standard field.

b. or manually create a new field; following table shows the field types Leiga support:

Field Type
Text

Text

Simple Plain Text

Long Text

Long Text: Longer Text that shows more info

Rich Text

Rich Text that include formats

Integer

An Integer Number

Decimal

A Decimal Number

Date

Date

Date Time

Date Time

Drop-down Radio

Drop-down Radio: Drop-down Radio button that provides a single choice

Drop-down Multiple

Drop-down Multiple: Drop-down Multiple checkboxes that provides multiple choices

Link

Link

Progress Bar

Progress Bar

Please note that field type not included in the table above like labels or cascading select list are not supported.

Data included in the Synchronization

Beside the data that cannot be imported in the previous section cannot be synced, due to the difference in concept, some data have limitations in synchronization. Here is a list:

  1. From Task/Subtask in Jira to Parent work/Child work: This can be imported for the first time. Leiga will automatically create the Parent works and child works when you first import. However, synchronizations afterwards can only be done from Jira to Leiga; but not the other way around.

Import Instruction

Enter Importing Page

Please make sure you have admin permissions in Jira and Leiga organization.

  1. Click your avatar in the bottom left and select System Settings in the menu.

  2. Click Jira Sync on the left side.

  3. Find Jira and click the Start Import button to enter the importing page.

Start Importing

We support the following Jira versions:

  • Jira Server V9.12

  • Jira Cloud

Please make sure that your Jira account has administrator rights before proceeding to the next step.

Step1. Connect Leiga with your Jira account

  1. Click on Start Importing and select Jira Cloud.

  2. Fill in your Jira information:

Including URL, API Token, and Email.

  • URL: Enter your Jira domain

  • API Token: Create and enter the API token for the associated Jira account

How to generate an API Token? Atlassian Account Settings - Securit - API Token - Create and Manage API Token - Create API token - Copy

  • Email: The email address associated with this Jira account

3. Click the Next button with all the required information filled in.

Step2. Select the project to import

  1. Select the project you want to import from the drop-down list.

  2. Click the Start Importing button.

Step3. Choose whether to sync work between Jira and Leiga

Tick the box to synchronize work with their summary, description, and status.

Import again

You can continue to import more projects after you connect Leiga with your Jira account.

Import History

View all the project importing records from Project Import History tab. You can easily find the project name, number of imported work, and importing results here.

Manage Synchronization

You can toggle the switch to turn on/off the work synced in the project between Jira and Leiga.

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