A backup of the App creates a dump of the application
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database only.
It does not include Jira issue data (Jira backup is a separate process that
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creates a
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Jira backup file).
Instructions on how to:
Migrate between Jira instances (changing between server/cloud)
Staging (migrate data between server/server or cloud/cloud instances)
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Jira backup vs App restore
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BigPicture App Configuration > Advanced > > Database dumps allows allow you to create (and download) a backup of the state of the BigPicture app.
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How does a "restore" work?
An App restore restore overwrites current app data and and replaces it with the state saved in the dump. There is no possibility of merging two different states of the app:
you can't combine two dumps
you can't amend an existing state
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