Migrating from Jira Server to Jira Cloud

If you use JSU Server/Data Center and are planning a migration to Jira Cloud, you can use Atlassian’s Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA) to migrate most of your JSU workflow automations.

To learn more about migrating your JSU app and its workflow rules from Jira Server to Jira Cloud, see our Jira Cloud Migration Assistant page. Before proceeding with a migration, review our feature comparison tables below to understand the subtle differences between our Cloud and Server/Data Center apps.

Feature comparison summary:

• Post functions: All the post functions we offer for Jira Server, are also available on Jira Cloud.
• Preconditions for post functions: All the preconditions we offer for Jira Server are also available on Cloud. Note that preconditions are no longer separate post functions; they are now part of the post function. See Workflow Preconditions for more information.
• Conditions: Due to technical limitations, JSU for Jira Cloud provides only the User Is In Any Users condition. Most conditions provided in JSU for Jira Server are now integrated and maintained by Atlassian for Jira Cloud. The Status Changed and JQL conditions are not supported in Jira Cloud.
• Validators:  All validators offered in JSU for Jira Server are supported by Atlassian and are integrated with Jira Cloud. 
• Custom Fields: Due to technical limitations, the three custom fields we provide in JSU for Jira Server (Location, Location Select, and Directions) ) are not available on JSU for Jira Cloud.
• Project Variables: JSU for Jira Server provides functionality to store variables per project which then can be used in workflow post functions. This feature is not currently supported on Jira Cloud; it's in our roadmap, and we will let you know as soon as it's available.

JSU for Jira Server vs Cloud feature comparison

We have achieved feature value parity; JSU for Jira Cloud is essentially as powerful as our best-selling JSU for Jira Server!

While some unavoidable API limitations in Jira Cloud restrict the full capabilities of some minute features of JSU for Jira Server, we've pushed the parity as far as Jira Cloud allows. Rest assured, this does not affect the value JSU brings into customizing your Jira workflows regardless of platform.

See the parity tables of JSU features below for complete details.

Conditions

Condition	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud *Atlassian managed integration with Jira Cloud
User Is In Any Groups		*
User Is In Any Roles		*
User Is In Custom Field		*
Value Field		*
JQL		Jira Cloud architecture limitation
User Is In Any Users
Status Changed		N/A - Jira Cloud natively prevents ANY → ANY transitions to/from the same status.

Validators

Validator	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud *Atlassian managed integration with Jira Cloud
Date Compare		*
Date Expression Compare		*
Fields Required		*
Regular Expression Check		*
Date Window		*
Linked Status

* All features marked were originally supported by JSU for Jira Server but are currently maintained by Atlassian on Jira Cloud.

Preconditions

Precondition	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Date Compare
Date Expression Compare
Date Window
Fields Required
Linked Status
Regular Expression Check
User Is In Any Groups
User Is In Any Roles
User Is In Custom Field
Value Field
JQL

Post functions

Post Function	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Copy Value From Other Field  Copy Value from Other Field post function parameters Parameter JSU Server/ Data Center JSU Cloud Precondition Issue Relation Perform as user Simple copy field A to field B (core functionality) Configure multiple fields in 1 post function Overwrite, Append, Prepend Separator Create version if necessary *** default value ***  Jira Cloud API limitations *** empty *** *** transition comment *** *** last comment *** *** new comment ***		(99%)
Update any Issue Field
Clear Field Value
Create a Linked Issue  Create a Linked Issue post function parameters Parameter JSU Server/ Data Center JSU Cloud Precondition Custom Field that enables linked issue creation  Available with preconditions Copy or Move Attachments Copy Existing Attachments Init target project as Inside same project Init target project as Project variables Init target project as Selected Project Init target project Defined by custom field selection Create New Issue As User New issue will be related via no relation New issue will be related via issue link New issue will be related via Sub-Task New issue will be related via Epic/ Issue in Epic Init selected issue type Init issue type defined by custom field selection Init issue priority Init issue assignee Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Simple copy field A to field B (core functionality) Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Configure multiple fields in 1 post function Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Overwrite, Append, Prepend Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Separator Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: Create version if necessary Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: *** default value ***  Jira Cloud API limitations Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: *** empty *** Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: *** transition comment *** Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: *** last comment *** Copy from the Origin Issue to the New Issue: *** new comment ***		(99%)
Linked Transition  Linked Transition post function parameters Parameter JSU Server/ Data Center JSU Cloud Precondition Issue Relation Transition List Transitions of all workflows Perform as user Set Resolution Set Resolution None  Jira Cloud API limitations Copy Workflow Transition Comment Check other siblings status Simple copy field A to field B (core functionality) Overwrite, Append, Prepend Configure multiple fields in 1 post function Separator Create version if necessary *** default value ***  Jira Cloud API limitations *** empty *** *** transition comment *** *** last comment *** *** new comment ***		(99%)
Follow Up Transition
Copy or Move Attachments
Calculated Field

Custom fields

Field	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Location Text
Location Select
Directions

Additional features

Feature	JSU Server/ Data Center	JSU Cloud
Issue Transitions Tab
Bulk Copy
Transition Trigger Service
Calculated Field

The Product team has prioritized the features that matter most to you. The features marked with  in JSU for Jira Cloud are not being implemented in the near future due to low popularity. 

We are, however, always interested in hearing if any of these are critical for you. Contact us and share your use cases with our team. Help us make JSU even better for you!