How to change user information in Cloud to Server migration
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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
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Summary
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Solution
Problem
When migrating Jira projects from cloud to on-premise, usernames, user Full Names, or e-mails can be modified to match the company's user guidelines.
For example, cloud usernames are set in unique long strings, and Full Name and email are retrieved as mail providers, as the image below:
Depending on the company user guideline, the data can be modified to match, as example, a LDAP naming convention.
Steps for the change
Similarly to how to migrate user contributions to a new username the Jira Administrator shall edit the xml files from Cloud backup. With the steps:
Create a Cloud backup as seen here
Find the usernames to be modified in the entities.xml file present in the backup zip.
After mapping the username from entities.xml to the name to be used, use text substitution tools to modify both entities.xml and activeobjects.xml into new files, to be zipped.
(note from this procedure you can also modify e-mail, names, etc)
Example using unix sed to modify user string 606b70aea23f99007526df25 to dalves:
1 2 3 4 5 6mkdir jira-export; sed 's/606b70aea23f99007526df25/dalves/g' activeobjects.xml \ > jira-export/activeobjects.xml; sed 's/606b70aea23f99007526df25/dalves/g' entities.xml \ > jira-export/entities.xml; zip jira-export.zip jira-exportTransfer the new zip files, with modified data, to Jira import folder (jira-home/import) and proceed with the data restore.
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