It is important to carefully select a Jira project key that will meet your long-term requirements when initially creating the project, rather than relying on updating it later. However, there may be instances where you need to modify the key for an existing project, such as a change in product name.

There may be implications when changing the project key, such as breaking existing links, workflows, customizations, or existing app integrations.

Does Vansah Test Management for Jira handle project key changes?

Yes, Vansah Test Management for Jira handles changes to your Jira project key. There is no further changes required to support Vansah.

When you change your Jira project key, Vansah will automatically update any references to the previous key. The change is performed when you open a Jira Issue or access Vansah within your Jira project.

How to change your Jira Project Key?

1.Log in to your Jira instance with administrative privileges.

2.Go to the Jira dashboard and click on the “Jira Settings” (gear icon) at the top right corner.

3.In the sidebar, under the “JIRA SETTINGS” category, click on “Projects.”

4.Locate the project for which you want to change the key and click on “Project settings” menu

5.In the “Details” section, you will see the current project key. Change the Key to a unique value for your workspace.

6.Click on “Save” at the bottom of page to apply the changes.

After saving your changes you can now access Vansah within Jira and notice all your Test Cases, including Dashboard as well as Confluence Gadgets will be prefixed with the new Jira project key.