- Get started
- About
- Glossary
- First steps
- Migration to Cloud
- Integrations points
- Create issue from template
- Recreate issue
- Apply template
- Apply template post function
- Legacy automation action
- Template custom field on issue create screen
- Apply template via issue property
- Configuration
- Repository
- Template's configuration
- Using templates
- Copy Epic
- Copy links and linked issues
- Copy Subtasks
- Copy Initiatives
- Default templates
- Using Variables
- Static variables
- Dynamic variables
- Smart defaults
- Basics
- Smart issues
- Smart users
- Smart dates
- Smart project
- How to use smart defaults
- Security
- Security statement
- App permissions
Create from template
This chapter provides information about Create from template feature.
Create from template dialog
Link that opens the Create from template dialog can be found in Apps dropdown, in the Jira Cloud’s main navigation bar.

As soon as you click Create from template, a dialog box appears. You will preselect:
- Project
NoteIt’s not possible to select the Templates repository. Due to app design and the purpose of Templates repository, this action has been blocked.
- Issue type for new issue created from template
- Template’s name
Click Confirm and go to the next step.
The ITC app will open the Create issue dialog with autocompleted fields. In Jira Cloud it’s the only solution to autocomplete fields while creating an issue.
You can monitor the progress of applying template in Report dialog. Close the report to let the process run in the background.
Create from template view
Link that opens Create from template view can be found in the project sidebar of every project (besides Template Repository). This feature works exactly the same as Create from template dialog.

You can monitor the progress of applying template in Report dialog. Close the report to let the process run in the background.
UI visibility
UI elements like Create from template buttons, are enabled for all groups of users by default. You can disable it at any time:
- Navigate to Jira Administrator Settings > Apps.
- In Issue Templates for Jira section, select Configuration.
- Open UI Visibility tab.
- Choose a group of users, for whom UI elements will be visible.
Result
Create from template buttons are visible for selected groups.