Migrating from Jira Server to Jira Cloud

If you use JSU Server/Data Center and are planning a migration to Jira Cloud, you can use Atlassian’s Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA) to migrate most of your JSU workflow automations.

To learn more about migrating your JSU app and its workflow rules from Jira Server to Jira Cloud, see our Jira Cloud Migration Assistant page. Before proceeding with a migration, review our feature comparison tables below to understand the subtle differences between our Cloud and Server/Data Center apps.

If you are looking for documentation on Cloud to Server migration, see Migrating from Jira Cloud to Jira Server.

Feature comparison summary:

Post functions: All the post functions we offer for Jira Server, are also available on Jira Cloud.
Preconditions for post functions: All the preconditions we offer for Jira Server are also available on Cloud. Note that preconditions are no longer separate post functions; they are now part of the post function. See Workflow preconditions for more information.
Conditions: Due to technical limitations, JSU for Jira Cloud provides only the User Is In Any Users condition. Most conditions provided in JSU for Jira Server are now integrated and maintained by Atlassian for Jira Cloud. The Status Changed and JQL conditions are not supported in Jira Cloud.
Validators: All validators offered in JSU for Jira Server are supported by Atlassian and are integrated with Jira Cloud.
Custom Fields: Due to technical limitations, the three custom fields we provide in JSU for Jira Server (Location, Location Select, and Directions) ) are not available on JSU for Jira Cloud.
Project Variables: JSU for Jira Server provides functionality to store variables per project which then can be used in workflow post functions. This feature is not currently supported on Jira Cloud; it's in our roadmap, and we will let you know as soon as it's available.

JSU for Jira Server vs Cloud feature comparison

We have achieved feature value parity; JSU for Jira Cloud is essentially as powerful as our best-selling JSU for Jira Server!

While some unavoidable API limitations in Jira Cloud restrict the full capabilities of some minute features of JSU for Jira Server, we've pushed the parity as far as Jira Cloud allows. Rest assured, this does not affect the value JSU brings into customizing your Jira workflows regardless of platform.

See the parity tables of JSU features below for complete details.

Conditions

Condition	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud *Atlassian managed integration with Jira Cloud
User Is In Any Groups		*
User Is In Any Roles		*
User Is In Custom Field		*
Value Field		*
JQL		Jira Cloud architecture limitation
User Is In Any Users
Status Changed		N/A - Jira Cloud natively prevents ANY → ANY transitions to/from the same status.

Validators

Validator	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud *Atlassian managed integration with Jira Cloud
Date Compare		*
Date Expression Compare		*
Fields Required		*
Regular Expression Check		*
Date Window		*
Linked Status

* All features marked were originally supported by JSU for Jira Server but are currently maintained by Atlassian on Jira Cloud.

Post functions

Post Function

JSU Server/ Data Center

JSU Cloud

Copy Value From Other Field

Copy Value from Other Field post function parameters

Parameter	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Precondition
Issue Relation
Perform as user
Simple copy field A to field B (core functionality)
Configure multiple fields in 1 post function
Overwrite, Append, Prepend
Separator
Create version if necessary
* default value *		Jira Cloud API limitations
* empty *
* transition comment *
* last comment *
* new comment *

(99%)

Update any Issue Field

Clear Field Value

Create a Linked Issue

Create a Linked Issue post function parameters

Parameter	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Precondition
Custom Field that enables linked issue creation		Available with preconditions
Copy or Move Attachments
Copy Existing Attachments
Init target project as Inside same project
Init target project as Project variables
Init target project as Selected Project
Init target project Defined by custom field selection
Create New Issue As User
New issue will be related via no relation
New issue will be related via issue link
New issue will be related via Sub-Task
New issue will be related via Epic/ Issue in Epic
Init selected issue type
Init issue type defined by custom field selection
Init issue priority
Init issue assignee
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Simple copy field A to field B (core functionality)
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Configure multiple fields in 1 post function
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Overwrite, Append, Prepend
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Separator
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Create version if necessary
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: * default value *		Jira Cloud API limitations
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: * empty *
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: * transition comment *
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: * last comment *
Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: * new comment *

(99%)

Linked Transition

Linked Transition post function parameters

Parameter	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Precondition
Issue Relation
Transition
List Transitions of all workflows
Perform as user
Set Resolution
Set Resolution None		Jira Cloud API limitations
Copy Workflow Transition Comment
Check other siblings status
Simple copy field A to field B (core functionality)
Overwrite, Append, Prepend
Configure multiple fields in 1 post function
Separator
Create version if necessary
* default value *		Jira Cloud API limitations
* empty *
* transition comment *
* last comment *
* new comment *

(99%)

Follow Up Transition

Copy or Move Attachments

Calculated Field

Custom fields

Field	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Location Text
Location Select
Directions

Additional features

Feature	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Issue Transitions Tab
Bulk Copy
Transition Trigger Service
Calculated Field