How to create versions in bulk using Jira Command Line Interface (CLI)

This article explains how to create versions in bulk, using Jira Command Line Interface (CLI).

Instructions

1. Create a CSV file, named as versions.csv for this example, with the following columns:
   
   • project contains the project names.
   • version contains the version names.
   • description contains the version descriptions.
   • startDate contains the version start dates.
   • date contains the version release dates.
     
   

2. Combine the runFromCsv action with --file parameter and the addVersion action with --dateFormat parameter to create versions in bulk. This example works because the CSV file contains data that the addVersion action and its parameters require for execution.
   

   --action runFromCsv --file versions.csv --common "--action addVersion --dateFormat "dd/mm/yyyy" "