How do I change a project type?

[Dustin Suchter]

I have a JIRA Cloud project that was created with "Simple Issue Tracking" and I'd like to switch that to the richer "Software Development" type. How do I accomplish this?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

The "project type" is a template, not a persistent setting.  When you create a project, you select a type and get a project with settings (i.e. "schemes") for that type, but it then has no effect past that.

To change a project from one type to another, just go to project admin and change all the schemes.

Update, for anyone else who lands here, this was an answer for JIRA 6 and below.  In JIRA 7, it's under Project Administration -> Actions -> Change project type

[Dustin Suchter]

Sorry I'm asking for a more literal step-by-step. The interface is not intuitive and I can't figure out what to change. For example, (1) get to your project admin page (2) click on "Project Template" (3) click on the "pencil" to edit (4) etc etc.

Can you please give me the step by step?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

As I said, the project templates only exist for project creation. Once it is created, they have no function, they're just a set of "use these settings when creating the project" To change the "type", you need to work out what schemes you want to use and then change the project to use them. See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Defining+a+Project

[Marc Herlin]

I understood how to change the schemes but how to change the project type's label in the Browse Projects screen?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ah, you can't (yet)

[Technical Services]

In JIRA 7.0.10

Project Administration -> Actions -> Change project type

[Marc Herlin]

THIS is what I was searching for! Thanks !

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Yes, in 7, you can change the type.  I was talking about 6 in April.

[Florian Fahrenberger]

While this sounds very helpful for JIRA 7, I can not find the "Change project type" action on JIRA 7.1.0 for the life of me. I don't know if it moved again or if I am really this incapable... does anyone else see this problem?

EDIT: Ah, I see: I guess I can not yet change it during the evaluation period. My bad, sorry about the confusion. I'll change it as soon as we have the proper license then.

[Lavoisier J.L.Farias]

Hi, where can I find the option at JIRA 6.5 ?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

There is no JIRA 6.5, but for all versions of 6, please re-read the last paragraph in my original answer

[Anney]

Hi, 

I have the JIRA admin access but I don't have an option to change the Project Type? 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Either you only have Jira Core (so there's no Software or Service Desk type available to move to), or you've created an "independent project" which cannot be changed to other types.

[Sophie Munck]

Hello

I cannot change my projects' templates for scrum. They are predefined as agile. I don't know where to find "project administration". I'm on the latest version. Can someone show me the step by step please ?

Thank you

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Go into the project and look for the admin/settings cog at the bottom left which leads to project admin.

[Sophie Munck]

Thank you ! And do you know if it's possible to customise the number of columns in the backlog ? I cannot add and change their names... is it because it's a scrum template ? (it works if its a agile template)

Thank you again :)

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

What do you mean by columns?

[Sophie Munck]

 In the active sprints, after backlog

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

So not the backlog, but the actual board?

[Sophie Munck]

Yes, here. I would like to customise these columns the sprint columns

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Same as Kanban - Board config -> Columns

[Sophie Munck]

Thanks !

[Priya_Rao]

Hi 

We have Jira ServiceDesk. Will it be possible to create Agile/Scrum project in this?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Only if you have added Jira Software to it as well.