How to change a resolved date in Jira
Asked by Sian:

Hi all,

we recently did an import of +-250 stories into Jira as we moved platforms to track our ad hoc requests and wanted to see our historical data in Jira. However when we did the load the resolved dates did not upload correctly.

As a consequence we have now got resolved dates for 2025 and 2026 which is causing a huge issue with our reports.

Is there anyway we can correct/change these resolved dates? Solution big or small is very welcome!

Thank you in advance.   

Kind regards

Sian


Answers:
author: Tansu Akdeniz
body: Hi [@Sian](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5502143)

You can also update imported issues Resolved Date field via csv.

Please check ***Updating existing issues*** section in this [Import data from a CSV file](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/import-data-from-a-csv-file/).

Please try on testing environment first. If not possible, try with one sample issue then import all.

comments: author: Kamil Askerov
body: Salam. [@Tansu Akdeniz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/472390) is this working for jira cloud version?


author: Hans Polder
body: Yes, you can observe this at the top of the page:

![Screenshot 2024-08-01 071635.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/339318i01FD272FCADB7988/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-01 071635.png")


author: Tiago Cardoso
body: Expanding a bit on the correct, working answer from Tansu... as I struggled with it before making it to work.

* Open the external import experience in
  * https://\<your instance\>.atlassian.net/jira/settings/system/external-import
* You must use the *old* import experience. The new import experience does not allow you to select existing projects (which scares me. Like, a lot).
* Before doing the update, create a filter with the minimum info you need for the update, like
  * Issue Key
  * Summary
  * Updated (I'll use this as the target date for resolution. Notice the format must match the format in Jira, like dd-MMM-yyyy)
  * Resolution (this information will be empty, as the items are empty)
* Download the data
* Update the "resolution" (empty) value to something meaningful within your context (like "done")
* Make sure the downloaded file format (based on above filter) is csv UTF-8. Notice Excel may use a "UTF-8 BOM", which isn't quite the same.
* When mapping the fields, map
  * Key \> Issue Key (needed to create a 1:1 connection)
  * Resolution \> Resolution (if you don't provide a resolution string, the date isn't updated)
  * Summary \> Summary (an update seems to not work without a summary)
  * Updated \> Date Resolved (here's the trick, as I'm updating the "updated" date from my filter to the date resolved, implying that's the most accurate date related to that ticket)

Notice that by bulk updating the resolution, the *updated date* will be updated, which may trigger old items to appear in some Kanban / Scrum boards.

Hope this helps!


author: Dommalapati Chandrababu Naidu
body: Hi [@Sian](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5502143) ,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

You can do the bulk edit the issues.

Navigate to filter and apply filter to find issue. in the top right of the screen you will find bulk change option in three dots.

Checkout this link for the steps.

<https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/edit-multiple-issues/>

Thanks

comments: author: John Funk
body: [@Dommalapati Chandrababu Naidu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5540214) - The Resolved date field is not available through the Bulk change process.


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