How to migrate WBS Gantt-Chart from Server / Data Center to Cloud

Summary

This is manual how to migrate WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira Server/Data Center to WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira Cloud using Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA).

Prerequisites for Migration

To perform the migration, WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira Server/Data Center version must be 9.14.0 or higher.
If you are using 9.13.x or lower, please update the app first.

Manual

1. Enable Dark Feature

Currently JCMA’s App data migration feature is not public.
So, until the feature is released as GA, WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira data migration feature is under dark feature which needs user to do enable the feature with special operation.

Atlassian has launched the Early Access Program (EAP) for JCMA.
You can sign up for the EAP at the link below.
http://go.atlassian.com/appmigrationseap

Server / Data Center Side

Please sign up for the EAP and get the procedure manual.

Cloud Side

No special operation is required.

2. Check and Normalize

Server / Data Center Side

Go to Add-ons admin page and go to Cloud Migration page under “WBS GANTT-CHART” section.
Add issue template issue type to every issue type scheme.
If there are template issues which has issue security level, Please clear issue security level from the issue.

Cloud Side

Go to App admin page and go to Migration Information page.
Confirm to be shown “READY” status.

3. Do migration with JCMA

Please follow the Atlassian documentation.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/use-the-jira-cloud-migration-assistant-to-migrate-from-server-to-cloud-993925215.html

4. Configure WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira Cloud

Go to App admin page and go to Issue setting page.
Configure link setting to migrated ones.
Configure field setting.

Specification

What data is migrated

Data	Note
WBS Code	Limitation On WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira server version WBS code of a issue can be set each WBS (Gantt WBS, Project WBS, Filter WBS). On the other hand, WBS code of a issue have to be unique on WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira cloud version. Therefore, If the same issue has WBS code on several WBS (e.g. Issue X’s WBS codes on Gantt A , on Gantt B and on Project C are different), used WBS Code is following priority. Newer Gantt > Older Gantt > Project > Newer Filter > Older Fileter
Template	Limitation Only fields of editable standard columns, successors and predecessors are migrated. Editable Standard Columns WBS code Name Assignee Units Priority Start Date Finish Date Manual Mode Due date Differences in specifications On WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira server version, templates are issues. On the other hand, on WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira cloud version, templates are app own data. Thus migrated issues for template are meaningless. So they are deleted automatically in migration process. And template issue type also.
Gantt-Chart data such as start date	Migrate data as a Jira field.
Hierarchy and Dependency	Migrate data as a Jira issue link.
Gantt	Migration of gantt data to the cloud is only possible with WBS Gantt-Chart for jira Data Center 9.16.0 or later. Due to differences in functionality between the Data Center/Server and Cloud versions, some data will not be migrated. For details, please check "Gantt Data Migration" below. Jira Cloud Migration Assistant(JCMA) executes the migration to the Cloud without updating the project ID included in the filter's JQL. As a result, the migrated Gantt chart may not display issues correctly. Therefore, you need to change the project ID included in the JQL to the project key before migrating to the Cloud, or update the JQL after migrating to the Cloud. Since this is an issue with JCMA, you will need to watch and vote for the following Atlassian issue and wait for an improvement: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/MIG-907

Gantt Data Migration

Data Center / Server item name	Migratable	Note
General
Gantt name
Administrative users
Administrative groups
Operation by non-administrators
Issue view
Issue display mode		The Cloud version does not have this feature.
Issue view configuration		In the Cloud version this exists only in the global settings. And it is not possible to change the setting for each issue type.
Initial planned date
Issue template share project
Restrictions on using drag-and-drop		The Cloud version does not have this feature.
Version
Version management on WBS
Version to display
Option
Relationship between versions and issues		The Cloud version does not have this feature.
Version manual mode
Columns
Standard Columns		The Cloud version does not have this feature.
Extra Columns
View
Hierarchy link		In the Cloud version this exists only in the global settings.
Dependency link		In the Cloud version this exists only in the global settings.
Warning alert criteria		The Cloud version does not have this feature.
Progress of status		The Cloud version does not have this feature.
Epic		The Cloud version does not have this feature.
Fiscal year start month
Color
Children Bar
Parents Bar
Baseline Bar
Version Bar		The Cloud version does not have this feature.
Calendar
Regular Holiday
General holidays

What data is not migrated

Data	Note
Lag/Lead	Lag/Lead data migration is not supported due to a bug in JCMA that does not correctly convert the issue link IDs. We are planning to support migration as soon as that bug is resolved.
System Setting	WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira system settings is not migrated. Thus please configure it manually. They are under “WBS GANTT-CHART” section in Apps admin setting page.
User preference

Notes

There are many specification differences between WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira Cloud and WBS Gantt-Chart for Jira Server/Data Center.
Please refer to the following page for details.
Comparison chart between Cloud and Server/Data Center