Get started with PDF Exports
This article will guide you through the process to get PDF reports on Exporter. With it you will be able to get your issues' information including attachments (only Server), comments and transitions in a native PDF file with just few clicks.
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Step 1: Go to Exporter from the
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Jira Issue Navigator and select issues that you want to export
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Once you have the results of the filters in the Issue Navigator, click on Exporter
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Button and Export now or schedule an export
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Step 2: Choose issues to export
Once you are in the first Exporter Screen you can uncheck the issues that you don't want to export, by default all the issues are selected
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and then click on "Continue with # issues"
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3: The format selection screen
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The second step is to select the format of the export. Between all of them, select PDF
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and then click on "Continue with # issues"
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4: The extra content
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Select the extra content that you wish to export and then click on "Continue with # issues".
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With Exporter, you can select the extra content that you want: Attachments |
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If your issues have attachments, you can include them to download in a separate folder. |
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The attachments will be imported too in the target JIRA instance |
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Comments Export the issues comments. You will have the comment's date, author and message. Also, you will have the security of the comment Public or Internal and the name of the group or role. Transitions: |
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Export the workflow trace that each issue follows. For example: perhaps an issue has started in To Do, then it was moved to Doing and it has ended in Done |
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| You can select more than one extra content, fee free to choose all of them |
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3. If you downloaded the Issue transitions, these are columns you will see:
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Final check
Check the summary of your export and then click on Export now to start generating and downloading the file. You can also schedule the export.
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You will see a Summary screen showing the information that you want to export:
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1. Click on Generate File to start generating the exported file.
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The process is pretty fast, but if you are going to export a lot of issues (more than 10,000), it may take a bit longer. But no worry, while you prepare a coffee your export file will be ready, be patient. |
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Step 6: Download
Once the process is finished you will see a confirmation screen. Click on "Download file now" to download the exported file
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You can download the file as many times as you wish during the next 10 minutes. After that time, the file will be deleted. If you need to download it again, please generate the file again. Just click on the "Back" button and click on " |
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4. You have the file ready to use
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Export now". |
Result
The file should look something like this:
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At the end of the file, you can find the original JQL:
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