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Last updated Mar 13, 2025

Create from template

This chapter provides information about the outdated method of using the Create from template feature that doesn’t use the native Jira create screen . See the new Create from template chapter that describes using this feature on the native create screen.

Create from template dialog

Try live demo below:

Steps

  1. Click Apps dropdown, in the Jira Cloud’s main navigation bar.

    Issue Templates for Jira Cloud: Create from template dialog
    Create from template dialog

  2. A dialog box appears, select:

  • Project - it can’t be the Templates repository project.
  • Issue type for the new issue created from a template
  • Template source
  • Template name
Issue Templates for Jira Cloud: Create from template dialog
Create from template dialog
  1. Click Next and go to the next step.

  2. Fill the fields that are configured in your template.

    Issue Templates for Jira Cloud: Create from template dialog
    Create from template dialog
    Issue Templates for Jira Cloud: Create from template dialog
    Create from template dialog

  3. Click Create, applying template will continue and other issues (including sub-tasks, links) will be generated based on your template data.

You can monitor the progress of applying template in Report dialog. Close the report to let the process run in the background.

Write user stories
Create from template view

Note

When a template is used the order of actions is as follows:

  1. Required fields are copied upon create action.
  2. Other fields from template’s scope are filled upon update. At this point, the change is atomic meaning that all fields are updated at once

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.
Issue Templates for Jira Cloud: Create from template dialog
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.

Request types
Create from template dialog