Ideation migration Guide

Owned by Amir Meddeb (Deactivated)
Last updated: Jan 17, 2023 by Sofien Chaabouni
5 min read

This version includes the first support of the server/DC to cloud migration.

It uses the cloud migration assistant released by Atlassian.

Before start

We recommend reading this Atlassian article to plan your migration.
Please check that you have Ideation latest version for both Server and Cloud" installed in both Confluence instances (having previous versions in any of them won't trigger the Ideation migration; it will just migrate a Confluence space without Ideation data).
Make sure that Confluence users have valid email addresses that are the same in their cloud counterparts.
Ideally perform the migration with user that have admin site privileges on your Confluence Cloud site.
Update the Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant to the latest version.

Migration process

  • Make sure that the Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant (CCMA) is updated to its latest version before proceeding with the migration process.

  • Use the Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant app to migrate everything you need from Confluence server to cloud. Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant explains in detail the step-by-step procedure to migrate the required content. 

  • Select the spaces and the users that you want to migrate

  • With every migrated space the related Ideation will be migrated with its ideas, challenges, statuses ...

  • Each migration has 2 major steps

                1 - Migrate Confluence data (Spaces, pages, users)

                2 - Migrate Ideation data (Ideas, votes ...)

That's it ! A new space Ideation will be migrated.



Server/DC

Cloud



Server/DC

Cloud

Idea page

 

Idea challenge

 

Ideation configuration



After migration

  • The migration process ends once the migration assistant reaches 100% in the migration dashboard.

Differences between server and cloud versions

Feature/Macro

Server/DC

Cloud

Notes

Feature/Macro

Server/DC

Cloud

Notes

Idea Macro's

Idea information



Idea voters

 

 



Metadata

 

  • metadata micro is read-only in the cloud version because this feature is not yet available in the cloud version.

  • Custom fields for ideation is not yet implemented in the cloud version.

Sponsors Idea

 



Challenge Macro's

challenge details

 



Challenge summary

 



Challenge Timeline

 



Ideation Index

Ideation summary

 

  • Add idea button does not exist in cloud , in some cases the button is broken.

  • After the migration this macro can be changed for the cloud ideation summary macro.

Administration panels

Challenges List

 



Status list

  • the Archive status is not a separate feature in the cloud version, thus the archive status is integrated in the ideation workflow during the migration.

Sponsors Settings



Roles Settings



Some features from server/DC are not available yet in the cloud version.

Feature

Server/DC

Notes

Feature

Server/DC

Notes

Vote badge

 

  • vote badge feature is not available in the cloud version, therefore it is not included in the migration

Statistics

 

  • statistics feature is not available in the cloud version, therefore it is not included in the migration.

  • this feature does not store data in the server/DC, any future implementation in the cloud version will not be affected by the migrated data.

JIRA integration

 

  • Jira integration feature is not available in the cloud version, therefore it is not included in the migration.

Ideation custom fields

 

  • ideation custome fields feature is not available in the cloud version, therefore it is not included in the migration.

  • the metadata macro is included in the migration as a read only macro.

Known issues

  • Missing users or groups during migrations

  • Permissions issue

  • Continuous migration loops related JIRA issue

We are here to help

If you experience any problems or behavior changes that are unexpected, please do not hesitate to open a support issue