You can update your checklists via Bulk Issues Update with the help of Automation for Jira tool ⚡️
This goes about Issues bulk update when you set a value for a field you'd like to populate to all the selected Issues.
Requires Checklists Custom Field → "Checklists" Custom Field set up
☝🏼 NOTE: Do it before running a bulk issues updates
Go to Project Settings → Automation → click Create rule
Create a trigger
2.1. Choose Field value changed
2.2. Choose Checklists → Save
2.3. Save trigger
Set Checklist
3.1. Add component New Action
3.2. Choose Set entity property
3.3. Fill in the fields with the following values:
Property Key | com.railsware.SmartChecklist.checklist |
|---|---|
Property value | {{issue.Checklists}}
|
3.4. Save action
Name your new Automation and Turn it on
Proceed with the bulk update
Click on Search > Select View all issues
Add search criteria to return the issues you want to update
Click on “Configure column” to add Checklists custom field to search view
Select more (•••) and choose Bulk Change all <n> issues.
Select the issues you'd like to edit Checklists custom field in the bulk operation and click Next
Select Edit Issues for Bulk operation and click Next
Find Change Checklists in the list
Fill in the value that you want to set to the checklist for all selected issues and click Next.
Confirm the changes by clicking “Confirm” button
You will see the Bulk Operation Progress
You are done. All issues are updated with the new checklist value.
Please find more details on Bulk update here → https://support.atlassian.com/jira-service-management-cloud/docs/edit-multiple-issues-at-the-same-time/
Once the bulk update is completed, turn the rule off.
☝🏼 NOTE: Make sure this rule is only enabled when you need it for the bulk update operation. Otherwise, it will constantly run the synchronization, and you don't need that as a normal checklist operation would suffer.
Hope everything works for you! 🙌🏻
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