JIRA Automation Support?

[Thayne Munson]

My company is running JIRA Data Center and plan to move to the Cloud in the next 18 months.  I would like to install the Automation for JIRA on our current Data Center environment but want it to migrate to Cloud when we migrate.  Unfortunately, I have found conflicting information on this site as to whether I can get Automation now and still have it when I transition to Cloud.  Atlassian Marketplace says this app is native to Cloud but when I dig deeper I get a message that says it is not currently available in Cloud.  Can someone give me a definitive answer that if I purchase Automation for JIRA for Data Center that it will definitely migrate when we go to the Cloud.  Please advise.  Thanks.   

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Ah, yes.  In this sense, "native" means "built-in"

If you subscribe to Cloud, even at the very cheapest level, (free), and start clean, Automation will be there.  No need to install it or subscribe to it.

Whether all your rules will migrate from DC to Cloud and work exactly the same... different story.  I would strongly recommend testing and allowing some time for rebuilding/editing.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Thayne Munson 

Yes, and...to what Nic says: I recommend exporting your rules early, and try importing them into a free Cloud instance.  That may give you a head-start on changes between the triggers, actions, and smart values...such as batch processing differences between Data Center and Cloud.

Best regards,
Bill