Case: Someone moved a few Jira work items from one project to another. Those tasks now have different keys. The user is trying to find those moved from Project A to Project B. The number of moved work items is unknown. How do we find which work items were transitioned?
Finding tasks that are moved from A to B project
Issue History for Jira app allows you to locate work items that have migrated between projects, even if you don’t know exactly which tasks have been moved. It will provide valuable insight by showing the previous and current work item key, space, and type. You can get a helicopter view of all space changes, and here is a detailed guide to spotting migrated work items.
Table view
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Open Issue History for Jira app and select projects. With JQL, you can select a few projects that interest you. If you don’t know which projects work items moved between, you can select all projects and get a general picture.
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Now, you need to add all the necessary fields to the table columns. In this case, it will be the work item type and the project (the work item key is included by default).
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Drag and drop fields to place them in the order you need.
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Click Apply to see a report showing all changes made to the selected fields and specified projects.
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Activity view
It’s also possible to get a different representation of data for this case. With the Activity view, you will get a report in which changes are displayed in rows, not columns.
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Switch to the Activity view.
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With this view, you can even be more focused on specific fields. Use the Field selector to specify the required options. You can choose only these three (for example, Project, Issue Type and Key) or even one:
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After clicking Apply, you will receive a very focused report on changes for issues that moved from Project A to Project B.
If you selected only the project field, it will be easier to see how many work items were moved between projects.
This report is also available as a gadget on the Jira dashboard.
Haven't used Issue History for Jira app yet? 👉 Then you’re welcome to try it