Issue Export to PDF & Excel for Jira

Documentation · Jira Cloud · Provider: GRAMSHIFT · Last updated: 2026-09-13

Export the Jira issues you find with JQL to a PDF (one issue per page) or an Excel workbook. Custom fields, comments and the attachment list are included. The files are built in your browser; issue data is never sent to GRAMSHIFT or to third parties.

Getting started

  1. A Jira admin installs the app from the Atlassian Marketplace. No configuration is needed.
  2. Open it from the Jira sidebar: Apps → Issue Export to PDF & Excel.
  3. Find issues. Type a JQL search and press Find issues. Jira requires a condition, so ORDER BY on its own is not accepted.
    project = ABC ORDER BY key
    project = SUP AND created >= -30d
    key in (ABC-12, ABC-15)
    filter = 10042
  4. Choose what to include. Fields that have a value in the results are listed with the number of issues that use them. Uncheck anything you do not want in the file.
  5. Export. Press Export PDF or Export Excel, then Download PDF or Download Excel.

You see only the issues and fields that your own Jira permissions allow. The app cannot edit issues.

What is in the files

PDFExcel
LayoutOne issue per page (can be turned off). Page numbers.Sheets: Issues (one row per issue), Comments (one row per comment), Attachments (one row per file). No merged cells.
Basic fieldsKey, summary, type, status, priority, assignee, reporter, created, updated, due date, resolution, labels, components, fix versions, description
Custom fieldsCustom fields that have a value, shown as readable text: users, options, dates, SLAs, time tracking, linked issues and more. Internal system fields such as rank are skipped.
AttachmentsThe list of file names, sizes, authors and dates. File contents are not embedded.
LanguagesScreen and file labels in English or Japanese, following the user's Jira language. Fonts for Japanese, Chinese, Korean, most European languages and emoji (black and white) are embedded.

Text is written as plain text cells (attachment sizes are numbers), so values starting with = are never run as formulas. Excel allows at most 32,767 characters per cell; longer values are shortened and marked.

Fields that start unchecked

Some fields are useful inside a team but awkward to share with a customer. They are listed but start unchecked; check them to include them:

Sentiment · SLA fields (for example Time to resolution) · Security level · Linked issues · Approvals · Request participants · Status category and its change date · Major incident · Responders

Other fields that name people, such as Approvers, stay checked. Always review the field list before sending a file outside your team.

Internal comments

By default the files leave out Jira Service Management internal comments and comments restricted to a role or group. The number of left-out comments is not printed. To include them, check Include internal and restricted comments; each comment is then tagged [Internal], [Public] or [Restricted: role or group name].

Limits

Troubleshooting

“Add a search condition”

Jira does not accept a search without a condition. Add one, for example project = ABC.

“Jira is limiting requests right now”

The app already waits and retries a few times on its own. If you still see this message, wait a minute and try again, or narrow the search.

“Your license is not active”

Ask a Jira admin to check the app under Manage apps.

A field I expected is missing

Only fields with a value in at least one of the found issues are listed. Fields you do not have permission to see are not returned by Jira.

Support

Email contact@gramshift.com. Please include what you searched for, what you expected and what happened (a screenshot helps). Please do not send exported files or confidential issue content unless we ask for it. We reply by email and aim to answer within 3 business days (Japan time, Monday to Friday).

日本語(使い方の要約)

  1. Jira の左のサイドバーの アプリ → Issue Export to PDF & Excel を開きます。
  2. JQL で課題を探します(例: project = ABC ORDER BY key)。条件の無い検索は Jira が受け付けません。
  3. 含めるフィールドを選びます。感情分析・SLA・セキュリティ レベル・リンクされた課題・承認・参加者などは、最初からチェックを外してあります。
  4. 「PDFを書き出す」または「Excelを書き出す」を押し、ダウンロードします。

社内コメント(JSM)と、役割やグループに閲覧を限ったコメントは、既定では含めません。1回に書き出せるのは1,000件までです。お問い合わせ: contact@gramshift.com