ProScheduler Data Center to Cloud Migration Using JCMA

1. Introduction

This guide is for users of ProScheduler Data Center edition who are looking to migrate to the Cloud edition.

1.1. Pre-migration Checklist

Before proceeding, please review the following official Atlassian documentation:

You will use the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant tool to migrate your data from Data Center to Cloud.

Jira Cloud Migration Assistant

1.2. Data to be Migrated

Entity	Field
Holiday Calendar	Name
	Description
	Holidays
	Is Default
Daily Capacity	Name
	Description
	Daily Capacity
	Is Default
Vacation/Leave Type	Label
	Description
	Color
	Pay Percent
	Is Default
Event	Title
	Description
	Guests
	Creator
	Start At
	End At
	Color
	Event Position
Jira Issue	Issue Id
	Project Id
	Hour
	Issue Position
Plan History	Issue Id
	Actor
	Action
	Log Meta
Time Off	Leave Type
	Assignee
	Hour
	Date
	Notes
	Matrix
	Time Off Position
People Profile	Account Id
	Introduction
	Seniority
	Note
	Department Id
	Position Id
People Setting	Account Id
	Rate
	Daily Capacity
	Is Default Capacity
	Daily Capacity Id
	Is Default Vacation
	Is Default Holiday
	Holiday Calendar Id
	Notifications
	Vacation Allocation Per Year
	Team Priority
Team	Name
	Members
	Owner
	Daily Capacity Id
	Holiday Calendar Id
Program	Is Private
	Name
	Projects
	Project Ids
	Members
	Teams
	Owner
	Is Delete
	Is Migrate
Board Setting	Board Id
	Admin Users
	WBS Gantt Settings
	Settings
Task	Issue Key
	Assignee
	Start Date
	End Date
	Hour
	Task Position
	Project Key
	Issue Id
	Project Id
	Color
Task Note	Task Id
	Note
	Creator
	Is Edited
Baseline	Tittle
	Description
	Board Id
	Data
	Creator
User Setting	Board Id
	Account Id
	Settings
Quick Filter	Name
	JQL
	Description
	Rank
	Is Default
	Board Id
Admin Setting	Enable Vacation Approval Process
	Admin Users
	Billing Admin Users
	Vacation Allocation Per Year
	Is Accumulate
	Accumulate Number
	Description
	TBPS Admin Users
	Workload View Type
	General Settings
	Color Schemes
	Gantt Settings
	Color Method
Project Setting	Project Id
	Auto Assign Setting
	Use Jira Date Fields
	Date Fields Map
	Created At
	Updated At

2. Migration Steps

Ensure you have the latest versions of ProScheduler software to avoid any issues during migration.

2.1 Install ProScheduler on Cloud Site

Make sure you have the latest version of ProScheduler installed on your Cloud site before beginning the migration process.

2.2 Audit apps for your migration to Cloud

Before planning your app migration, it's important to review the apps you currently use. Understanding your existing apps will help you make informed decisions on how to transition them to your new system.

Audit apps for your migration to Cloud

2.3 Assess the Data Center Apps

As part of the migration process, we'll need to assess existing apps to determine their suitability.

Go to Jira Admin → System → Migrate to Cloud to open the Migration Assistant home

The app assessment table displays all the apps on your Data Center instance. If you have a large number of apps, loading may take a moment. Click on any app to view additional details in the side panel. Review each app carefully, evaluate the criteria, and assign a status to make your decision.

Note: Confluence and Jira migration assistants look slightly different because they measure different things.

For more details please take a look at:

Assess and migrate apps with the Cloud Migration Assistant

2.4 Run the Migration

There are five steps to set up and run your migration from Data Center to Cloud

2.4.1 Connect to cloud

You can link your chosen cloud instance at this step.

If you already have a Cloud site, select Choose cloud site or choose it from the drop-down.

If you don’t have a Cloud site yet, select Get Jira Cloud trial to try one for free.

Learn more about Cloud migration trials

2.4.2 Choose what to migrate

You can migrate everything together or break it up into phases.

You can choose:

Advanced Roadmaps plans or skip migrating plans
All or some of projects
All dashboards, boards and filters at once or only those related to selected projects, or none
All users and groups from the Jira directory
All apps that you marked as Needed in Cloud when assessing your apps

2.4.3 Check for errors

In this step, Cloud Migration Assistant looks for warnings or errors it should display as it runs pre-migration checks on the following groups:

System
Users and groups
Data preparation
App

2.4.4 Review your migration

If everything looks correct and you want to start your migration, click Run now. If you would like to start your migration later or you still have errors to fix, click Save. If you choose to run your migration, it will still be saved to your dashboard. There, you can view the progress and details of all your migrations.

2.4.5 Manage and run your migrations

Your saved migration will be listed on the migration dashboard, where you can View details, Run, Copy, Archive, Go to cloud site.

Cloud Migration Assistant will keep you informed about the progress of your migration. You can see if your migrations are Saved, Running, Finished, Stopped, Incomplete, or Failed.

2.5 Verify that Data Migrated

After the migration is complete, please verify and confirm that the data is as expected. The data to be checked includes:

Work Schedule: Holiday Calendar, Daily Capacity.
People Information: People Profile, People Setting, Team, Time Off, Vacation/Leave Type.
Structure & Processes: Program, Board Setting, Task, Task Note, Baseline, Jira Issue, Plan History, Event.
System Settings: User Setting, Quick Filter, Admin Setting, Project Setting.

3. Unsuccessful Migrations

If the ProScheduler migration is unsuccessful during the Jira Cloud migration process, we strongly advise that you attempt it again.

4. Known Limitations

We do not support the migration from two ProScheduler DC applications hosted on two separate servers to a single cloud-based application.

5. Migration Notes

Enable Logging: We recommend enabling logging by adding the log category com.devsamurai at the 'info/debug' level on your Jira Data Center logging page.
Test Before Production: Always test the migration in a test environment before applying it to your live production instance.
Avoid Data Changes: Please notify all users, and do not make any changes to data during the migration process. Any updates or modifications could cause the migration to fail.
Linked Projects: If you have multiple projects that are connected to the app, make sure they are migrated together in the same migration process.
Check Time Zones: Before migrating, confirm that the time zone settings on your Jira Cloud instance match those on your server or data center instance.
Retry if Migration Fails: If the migration fails, you can try running it again. However, before retrying, ensure that the cloud project from the previous attempt has been removed.
Performance: We recommend re-indexing the Jira server before migration to enhance performance and reduce data collection time.

6. Conclusion

By following these steps and using the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant, you can successfully migrate your Jira system to the cloud and continue using ProScheduler without interruption. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us.