Auto-populate Jira Issue with a Table
Overview
When creating a new Jira issue, the pre-configured table will be attached to the Jira issue.
You can configure a pre-configured table for a project and an issue type
How to configure a pre-configured table
You need the project administrator’s permission to configure it.
A project administrator is a user with the Administer projects project permission for a particular project. By default, the 'Administer projects' permission is assigned to the 'administrators' group (via the Administrators role) for projects.
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Managing pre-configured Table
From the Templates Configuration, you can:
Add a new template
Remove the current template
Edit the current template
Go to the configuration screen, then push the ‘Add’ button
for the company-managed project:
Project > Project settings > Excel-like Tables - Templates
for the team-managed project:
Project > Project settings > Apps > Excel-like Tables - Templates
Select an issue type and input a description if you like, then push the ‘Create’ button
You will see a new template entry on the list. To edit the table or import your Excel file, click the “edit” link.
Tips: Jira Field Mapping feature allows a table to include Jira field values at issue creating.
How to use a pre-configured table
When you create the Jira issue whose issue type was configured to attach a template table, it will attach the table to your new issue.
It will take some time to complete an attachment process. If you can not see a table on a new issue, please push the ‘Table’ action button.
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Limitations and notices
There is no way to apply the template on the existing issues. Only newly created Jira issues will have auto-populate tables.