How can I create Multiple Jira issues from a table in Confluence?
Asked by Joseph Pursel:

I want to create multiple JIRA issues from a table in Confluence.

Can this be done working in Atlassian Confluence Cloud?

Can this be done working in Atlassian Confluence Server?

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-jira-content/versions>

This link shows a plug-in for the Confluence Server to do this. Is this product available?


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Joseph,

Yes, that functionality should be available in JIRA/Confluence Cloud too - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Use+JIRA+and+Confluence+together#UseJIRAandConfluencetogether-CreateJIRAIssuesfromConfluence>

Andrew.


author: Joseph Pursel
body: Hi Andrew,

The link to the Confluence documentation is clear however when I highlight table text to create multiple JIRA Issues, I see the pop-up bar appear but I do not see the JIRA Icon. When I select the Insert ![plus](/html/@FFB122F77CA920A8EA19F633E8E71F4E/images/emoticons/plus.png "plus") feature, I see an item that says JIRA Issue/Filter. When clicked, it provides a pop-in window that lets me create a single JIRA issue but not multiple issues.

Also, reading the text in the editing Confluence page, it references the use of JIRA Macro's. I see that my cloud version of Confluence has this System Macro installed, yet I cannot figure out how to get my Confluence to show the JIRA Icon, or for the insert to say Create JIRA Issue.

The screenshot below shows what I see when I have highlighted table text and no icon

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Screenshot below shows the Insert drop down with the JIRA Issue/Filter and the highlighted text.

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Please let me know what I need to do to be able to create multiple JIRA issues from this table data.

Cheers

Joseph  
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comments: author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Joseph,Make sure you have Text Select enabled in your profile as documented at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Edit+Your+User+Settings> and you actually create the JIRA issues when you're viewing the Confluence page, not editing it. If you save your page, highlight some text in the table, you should get a little JIRA icon above the highlighted text, click that and you'll be prompted to create multiple issues.Andrew.


author: Joseph Pursel
body: Andrew - This answer was what I needed. I was trying to do it in Edit mode. When I highlighted the text as shown in the screenshots above in page mode, it worked fine. The JIRA Icon did appear and it created 4 new issues in the project that I selected. Thank you very much!!!


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