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# [Safeguarding Jira Automations | Revyz.io](https://www.revyz.io/blog/safeguarding-jira-automations)

 Written by [Vish Reddy](https://www.revyz.io/blog/author/vish-reddy) | Nov 28, 2023, 12:03:29 AM

# Safeguarding Jira Automations | Revyz.io

 

 Overview:   
**Jira Automation** helps teams reduce manual work, streamline workflows, connect Jira with third-party applications, and improve operational efficiency. However, automation rules can become business-critical assets, and accidental deletion or unwanted changes may disrupt important processes such as employee onboarding, contract management, integrations, and other automated workflows. This article explains why organizations should **back up Jira Automation rules** alongside Jira issues, configurations, attachments, and assets, and how **Revyz Data Manager and Revyz Configuration Manager** support automated backup, versioned recovery, and migration of Jira Automation rules to help reduce downtime and maintain business continuity.   
   
Jira Automations is a powerful tool that can help teams save time, improve efficiency, and reduce errors. By automating repetitive tasks, streamlining workflows, and improving visibility, Jira Automations can help teams to achieve better results. 

 Some examples of Jira Automations helps teams:

- [Würth Phoenix](https://www.neteye-blog.com/2022/09/wurth-phoenix-automation-rules-how-to-save-time-and-money-with-jira-cloud-automations/) saves upto 20 man days in a month using Automation rules in Jira
- [Bytesource](https://bytesource.net/en/blog/posts/self-service-automation-jira-cloud-aws/) has automated the new employee on-boarding process among others using Automation rules
- Customers of [IronClad](https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/jira-software-cloud-jira-automation) a leader in the Contract Management space connect Jira and the IronClad app using Jira Automation rules
- Not to forget [Zapier](https://zapier.com/apps/jira-software-cloud/integrations), a combination of Jira Automations and Zapier makes connecting Jira and other third party SaaS applications so simple

 Now imagine a scenario where changes to Jira Automation rules break your business critical workflows, with the examples listed above:

- The automated connections to third party applications as [Würth Phoenix](https://www.neteye-blog.com/2022/09/wurth-phoenix-automation-rules-how-to-save-time-and-money-with-jira-cloud-automations/) uses would come to a stand still

- Onboarding a new employee is going to become manual as in the case of [ByteSource](https://bytesource.net/en/blog/posts/self-service-automation-jira-cloud-aws/)

- Managing your contracts is going to be more time consuming and error prone as shows in the example of [IronClad](https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/jira-software-cloud-jira-automation)

 

## What would be the impact of such downtime to your business?

 

In order to avoid such disruptive scenarios, just as you back up your Jira Issues, Jira Configuration, Attachments and Jira Assests, you should also back up your Jira Automations.

As you can imagine from the above examples, Jira Automations are valuable assets that can save you time and improve efficiency, so it's important to protect them.

## **Why You Should Back Up Jira Automation Rules**

- Prevent accidental data loss, as you will have a versioned copy of your automatics which can go back at any point in time.

- Ensure business continuity, If you accidentally delete or modify your Jira automations, that may hinder productivity, having a versioned copy of the automation rules will help you minimize the downtime

- Last if not least, given the changes in Automation rules billing, it is prudent to have a copy of your automation rules stored away before making any changes.

   
Given the significance of Jira Automation, today we are introducing support for backup of Jira Automation rules. If you are a customer of the [Revyz Data Manager](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1228694?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) or [Revyz Configuration Manager](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1231935?tab=overview&hosting=cloud), this feature is available to you at no additional cost. To start using this feature go to the “Settings” page under the Revyz App and turn on “Automations backup” by adding in an API token from a service account and enabling Automation backup

Once you have enabled backups of your Automations, a copy of your Automation rules are taken automatically along with the backup of the rest of your Jira data. 

Restoring of Migrating your Jira Automations is a two step process. 

*Step - 1:*  Select the Automation Rule you want to restore or migrate

Go to the "Clone Configuration" menu and select "Automation Rules" 

Go through the UI steps to granularly select the specific rule you want to restore or migrate 

Create an "Automation Rules Job" and download the specific rules you want 

*Step - 2:*  Import the downloaded file into your Jira site from the System -\> Automation menus 

We would love your feedback on what we have built, please give it a try and provide us your feedback! 

To learn more about what we support and more importantly what we don’t support learn more here:

- [Revyz Data Manager for Jira Capabilities](https://support.revyz.io/revyz-data-manager/revyz-data-manager-for-jira-capabilities)

- [Revyz Configuration Manager for Jira Capabilities](https://support.revyz.io/revyz-config-manager/revyz-configuration-manager-for-jira-capabilities)

### Frequently Asked Questions

### 1\. Why should Jira Automation rules be backed up?

### Jira Automation rules can support critical business processes, integrations, notifications, onboarding workflows, and other repetitive tasks. Backing them up helps protect against accidental deletion, incorrect modifications, or other changes that could disrupt automated processes.

### 2. What happens if a Jira Automation rule is accidentally deleted or changed?

### If an important automation rule is deleted or modified incorrectly, the workflow it supports may stop functioning as expected. This can lead to manual work, failed integrations, reduced productivity, and disruption to business-critical processes.

### 3. What are the benefits of maintaining versioned backups of Jira Automation rules?

### Versioned backups allow administrators to retain copies of automation rules from different points in time. This can help teams recover from accidental changes, restore a previously working version, reduce downtime, and maintain greater control over automation configurations.

### 4. How does Revyz back up Jira Automation rules?

### When Jira Automation backup is enabled in Revyz, copies of automation rules are automatically included alongside backups of other supported Jira data. Customers can enable the feature through the Revyz settings using the required service account API token.

### 5. Can Jira Automation rules be restored or migrated with Revyz?

### Yes. Revyz lets you clone native Jira Automation rules from a backup snapshot, so you can restore business-process logic after a site recovery or move it to a new Jira instance during a migration without rebuilding each rule. Before deploying, you can filter rules, select exactly the ones you need, and compare them against the live version or another environment to see what changed.

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