How do I bulk update with Jira Software Cloud (January 2024)

[David Thomson]

Can you please tell me from where and how I can move 160 Project Issues into a particular Epic of the same Project, using Jira Software Cloud Premium in the month of January 2024?

[David Thomson · Accepted solution]

Found it - after selecting the Issues in Backlog, there's an Edit button at the top, under the search field, Quick Filters etc.

[Aswin Raj D]

Hi @David Thomson , I am happy that you already found the solution. 

[David Thomson]

... assigning a Parent using Bulk Edit isn't available yet. : (

I can't see Issues in the Project Timeline unless they're in an Epic.

I can however, see them in the Plan Timeline using the Premium version.

Since there is no bulk update and I have 400 Issues I imported outside of Epics, not having realized this limitation, I can either forever pay for Premium or spend the next 6 hours individually updating each Issue to an Epic. ... which I may have to do, regardless, even if I stick with Premium, as Plans are where it's at.

[David Thomson]

@Aswin Raj D thank you - I found the solution to that particular question, but my general issue is still being resolved.

Mostly I am learning the general flow of the site.

[David Thomson]

Like, how I imported the issues were based on Issue Types. For one project I had

• Bugs
• Priority
• Small Updates

as Issue Types, assuming that was how you categorized them, but I see now I should have made Epics with these same names.

I can't see Issues in the Project Timeline unless they are in an Epic. Also, they organize better in the Plans.

Generally, nobody has an Issue existing outside of an Epic, because otherwise you can't see it on the Project Timeline?

Jira should maybe force that procedure, no?

[David Thomson]

@Aswin Raj D , what is the point of an Issue if it lives outside of an Epic?

Do you have any independent Issues, or are they all snug and comfy in their Epic homes?

[David Thomson]

There really is no point in assigning Issue Types, when the whole site is organized by Epics.

[Aswin Raj D]

Dear @David Thomson ,

Got your point, but the Jira issue hierarchy has its own importance.

Please see the below documentation for your reference,

Understanding issue types in jira - Atlassian Community

Configure the issue type hierarchy | Atlassian Support