Clone a space along with work items to another site

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This document provides a step-by-step guide to cloning a company-managed project (space) along with its work items from one site to another. It covers the necessary pre-requisites and how to perform a successful project clone while ensuring all associated configurations are cloned.

For detailed steps on how to clone a space along with work items to another site, follow the steps below:

Self-guided demo

Pre-requisites

Two Atlassian sites: The first site is referred to as https://site-1.atlassian.net and the second as https://site-2.atlassian.net. Learn how to create an Atlassian site
The Revyz app must be installed on both newly created Atlassian sites (https://site-1.atlassian.net and https://site-2.atlassian.net). Learn how to install the Revyz app
Cross-site connection between the two sites in the Revyz app, which allows cloning from one site to the other. Learn how to configure a cross-site connection

Before Clone

On the first Atlassian site (https://site-1.atlassian.net), create a company-managed space with issues. For reference, let’s call this project “Project1.” Learn how to create a company-managed space
Take a fresh backup of Jira issues and configurations on both sites (https://site-1.atlassian.net and https://site-2.atlassian.net) before cloning the project. Learn how to trigger a backup

Clone project to a cross-site

Follow these steps:

Go to the Atlassian site (https://site-1.atlassian.net) that contains the company-managed project (referred to here as “Project1”).
Navigate to Apps → Revyz Command Center for Jira app → Data Security & Compliance → Restore
Select the “Space restore with work items” card.
Source Site Details:
- Source site: The site that has the project to be cloned, in this case, https://site-1.atlassian.net
- Configuration snapshot: Choose the latest snapshot, which includes the project you want to clone.
Destination Site Details:
- Destination site: The site where you want to clone the project, in this case, https://site-2.atlassian.net
- Configuration snapshot: Select the latest snapshot.
Click on Show spaces.
Select the project you want to clone, which is "Project1"
The New key, New name, Project lead, and Default assignee will be auto-populated.
- If the auto-populated key or name already exists on the second Atlassian site (https://site-2.atlassian.net), modify the New key or New name.
Toggle the "Restore Work Items" option to clone the issues along with the project.
Click on Review dependencies. The app will automatically calculate and display the configurations related to the project, which are referred to as dependencies.
Review the dependencies and click on View summary.
Review the clone summary and click on Clone.
(Optional) Add job notes for future reference.
Enter the CAPTCHA in the command prompt and click Clone.
You’ll be redirected to the Jobs tab in the Revyz app.
Click the refresh icon to view the latest status of the job.

After the job is completed

Click on the job ID.
Job details will be displayed in the cards. You can download the details by clicking the download icon.

To view the cloned space

Go to the second Atlassian site (https://site-2.atlassian.net).
Open the Spaces section and search for the cloned space using the new name provided during the cloning process.