Manage Story and Epic work types when copying product data

When copying Jira data, data is added to your cloud instance without overwriting existing data. However, we rename the Epic and Story work types in a specific scenario.

Scenario

For example, you're copying data from a source instance of Jira called acme.atlassian.net to another instance called http://my-acme.atlassian.net.

In acme.atlassian.net, you've renamed the issue types Story to User Story and Epic to New Epic. When you copy data to http://my-acme.atlassian.net, which has work types called Story and Epic, the work types will be renamed as User Story and New Epic.

Workaround

To prevent renaming of these work types:

1. Before you copy data, navigate to Settings > Work items in your source instance.

2. Select Work types.

3. Select Add Work Type and create a standard work type with your desired name.

4. Use the bulk edit feature to change all relevant work items to use this new work type.

If you've copied data and your work types are renamed:

1. In your destination product instance, navigate to Settings > Work items.

2. Select Work types.

3. Locate the renamed work type and select Edit.

4. Rename the work type back to its original name.