Content Comparison

Avatars

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the avatars included in the snapshot. Avatars of new objects will still be imported.

Custom Field Default Values

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the default values of custom fields included in the snapshot. The default values of new custom fields will still be imported.

Find out more in Detailed outcomes below.

Custom Field Options

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to stop CMJ from disabling any custom field options that are present in the custom fields on the target instance but not in the custom fields on the snapshot.

Find out more in Detailed outcomes below.

Historical Issue Keys

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging historical issue keys conflicting with current and historical project keys on target. Otherwise, the historical issue keys would be merged as usual.

Find out more in Detailed outcomes below.

Issue Types in Contexts

• System snapshot
  (Only for System Merge)

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to combine the issue type context set for custom fields.

Find out more in Detailed outcomes below.

Global Permissions

• System snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the global permissions included in the snapshot.

Object Descriptions

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the descriptions of objects (projects, issue types, request types, etc.) included in the snapshot. Descriptions of new objects will still be merged.

Object Translations

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the translations of objects (projects, issue types, resolutions, etc.) included in the snapshot.

Priority Colors

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the priority colors included in the snapshot.

Project Components

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the components included in the snapshot.

Project Roles

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the project roles included in the snapshot. This is particularly useful when there is a different set of users with already set permissions on the target Jira system.

Project Shortcuts

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the project shortcuts included in the snapshot.

Project Versions

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the project versions included in the snapshot.

Status Categories

• System snapshot

• Project snapshot

• Project with issues snapshot

Uncheck this box to skip merging the status categories included in the snapshot.

Do not perform re-indexing during the deployment

• Project with issues snapshot

Check this box to skip the re-indexing process after the issue data is imported. The deployment time will be considerably reduced but re-indexing will need to be manually triggered afterwards.

Do not import issue attachments

• Project with issues snapshot

Check this box to skip importing the issue attachments included in the snapshot.

Attachments

• Project with issues snapshot

Provide the path where the attachment files reside. This option is available if the files were not included in the snapshot during its creation.
Read more about this option on our Moving Attachments page.