First please make sure you have a Jira Cloud subscription. Then do the setup with below four steps:

  1. Install Jira add-on

  2. Install Office Word add-in

  3. Set Jira credentials in Word add-in

  4. Set Jira Issues to populate in Word add-in

Install the Jira add-on

Install the Jira Cloud add-on Easy Export in your Jira Cloud instance

Install Office Word add-in

From Word (Windows & Mac) install “Easy Export Jira Issues“ add-in from “Insert->get add-ins->store“

Set Jira credentials in Word add-in

To enable access to Jira Issues used for exporting Jira credentials must be be set in the Word add-on.

How to create an API token

  1. In “settings” go to “account settings”

2. Go to “Security“

3. Go to “Create and manage API tokens“ and create a token. The API token can be shared between different users. Please note that in many companies only a Jira admin can create tokens.

Set Jira Issues to populate in Word add-in

Both individual Jira Issues as well as JQL statement can be set. The data of those issues are used populating the Word documents.

Individual Jira Issues

Jira JQL