Set the "Parent task" when importing issues from CSV in Redmine

Updated on 2023-01-23 • Created on 2021-02-15 • YUZURIHA Tomomi

(Supported versions: Redmine 4.1 or later / RedMica 1.0 or later)

In Redmine, you can register a "parent task" and its "subtasks" together when you import issues from CSV. Assign temporary issue numbers in the CSV file, and specify the temporary number of the "parent task" in each "subtask".

For how to import subtasks under an existing issue as the parent task, please see the following page.
Cannot link parent tasks and subtasks when importing issues from CSV in Redmine

① Create a CSV file

Create a CSV file that contains the information of the issues to register and the number of the issue that you want to set as the parent task.

In the following CSV file, "Getting Started with Redmine" is specified as the parent task of "Create a project", "Configure statuses" and "Register users".

② Upload the CSV file and register the issues

Step 1. Click "Import" from "•••" on the issues page

Step 2. Click the button to choose a file, select the CSV file that you created, and click "Next"

Step 3. Change the "Options" to match the format of the CSV file and click "Next"

Step 4. Redmine automatically sets which field each column of the CSV file corresponds to. Check that the mapping is correct (the automatic mapping is a feature of Redmine 4.2 or later / RedMica 1.1 or later)

Step 5. Click "Relations mapping". For Unique ID, set the column that holds the temporary issue numbers. For Parent task, set the column of the CSV file that corresponds to the parent task. Then click "Import"

On the import page of Redmine 4.1 / RedMica 1.0 or later, set the mapping for Unique ID and Parent task in "Fields mapping".

Step 6. After the import is complete, the list of the registered issues is displayed

Please check that the issues are registered as you expected.