Importing data from other issue trackers

If you have another issue tracker and are thinking about switching to Jira, you can often easily migrate your existing data into Jira with its built-in import tool.

In this recipe, we will look at how to import data from Bitbucket's issue tracker. Jira supports the importing of data from other issue trackers, such as Bugzilla and GitHub, and as a CSV file. As we will see, the process is almost identical, so this recipe can be applied to these other systems too.

How to do it...

Go through the following steps to import data from other issue trackers, such as Bitbucket, into Jira:

1. Navigate to Administration > System > External System Import.
2. Select the source's issue tracker...