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How to do it…
Perform the following steps to export an existing workflow as a workflow bundle:
1. Navigate to
Administration
|
Issues
|
Workflows
.
2. Select the workflow you want to export.
3. Select the
As Workflow
option from the
Export
drop-down menu.
4. Click on
Next
.
5. Review and update the special instructions. JIRA will autogenerate these instruc-
tions based on the add-ons used and the components that are stripped away from
the workflow.
6. Click on
Export
to create the workflow bundle.
Once the workflow bundle is created, you can import it into another JIRA instance using
the following steps:
1. Navigate to
Administration
|
Issues
|
Workflows
.
2. Select the
Import Workflow
option from the
Import
menu.
3. Select the
From My Computer
option.
4. Choose the exported workflow bundle file (
.jwb
) and click on
Next
.
5. Give a name to the new workflow and click on
Next
.
6. Map the statuses in the workflow bundle (left-hand side column) to existing
statuses in your system (right-hand side column), or you can choose to simply cre-
ate the missing statuses as part of the import. Once they are mapped, click on
Next
.
7. Review the import summary and click on
Import
to start the process.