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Share Jira progress without Jira access
Your team keeps working in Jira. Export a project List or a filtered JQL result as CSV, and the other team gets a clean shared lane with only the work items and fields you choose.
IMPORT AVAILABLESYNC COMING
What you export
BULK SCOPEProject List, or a filtered Issue Navigator (JQL) result
FORMATCSV
Jira plan and export limits
- A whole project can be exported from the List view.
- Issue Navigator asynchronous CSV supports up to 10,000 work items per export. Split larger sets with non-overlapping JQL batches.
- This is not a native whole-board JSON export.
Step by step
- 1Open the workPROJECT → LIST, OR ISSUE NAVIGATOR WITH JQLFilter to the project, epic or release you want to share.
- 2ExportEXPORT → CSVExport all fields. AlignLane ignores what it does not map.
- 3UploadALIGNLANE → BOARD → IMPORTChoose the file. Jira CSV is detected automatically.
- 4Map and choose shared fieldsMAPPING PREVIEWConfirm the mapping. Estimates and comments stay excluded unless you include them.
- 5PublishSHAREReview the import report, then copy the share link.
What crosses into AlignLane
Default mapping for a Jira export. Every field can be excluded before import; unknown or sensitive columns are excluded by default.
| Jira field | AlignLane field | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | Title | Shared |
| Status | Status | Shared |
| Assignee | Visible owner | Shared |
| Due date | Due date | Shared |
| Issue key | Source ID + link | Shared |
| Priority | Priority | Optional |
| Labels | Labels | Optional |
| Original estimate | — | Excluded |
| Comment | — | Excluded |
What stays internal
- Original and remaining estimates
- Comments and worklogs
- Sprint, story points and epic mechanics
- Any custom field you do not map
Excluded columns are not stored. Re-imports match rows by Jira ID and update only what changed — see the import docs.
AlignLane vs guest access in Jira
GUEST ACCESS IN JIRAJira Standard, Premium and Enterprise include free external guests — up to 5 guests per paid user.Guests are limited to a single Jira space with reduced permissions, but still work inside Jira concepts: issues, workflows and project structure.Source ↗ (checked 2026-10-16)
A SHARED LANEUnlimited read-only viewers, only the tasks and fields you publish, and an Overview built around who owns the next move — without the client learning Jira.
Questions
Does the other team need Jira?
No. Read-only viewers open the AlignLane link. Sign-in is only required for identity or partner actions.
Is this live sync?
No. This is a bulk file import you can re-run. Live source sync is labelled separately when released.
Will re-importing create duplicates?
AlignLane matches source IDs where available and shows an import report. Duplicate-handling behaviour is covered in the import docs.
Why not just invite the client into Jira?
Sometimes that is enough. Jira Standard, Premium and Enterprise include free external guests — up to 5 guests per paid user. Guests are limited to a single Jira space with reduced permissions, but still work inside Jira concepts: issues, workflows and project structure.