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title: "Cloning and importing problems"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SPM/1918406270/Cloning%20and%20importing%20problems"
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> Macro (aura-html)

Exception when trying to create JIRA issue project key

The most common reason for the cloning/import process to fail is related to **Jira Field Configuration. **

The "Required" fields must be changed to "Optional" when the App is cloning/importing the program.

Keep in mind the change of the Field Configuration scheme has to be applied to the target Jira project (the project issues get copied to). 

![image](media://4aefcb3a-26f3-4489-a6dc-9fb58ad8e3d1)

We recommend creating a temporary scheme instead of changing an existing one. This way, other projects will not be affected. Then, when needed, you apply a "temporary" configuration to a project instead of changing an existing configuration (many projects may use that) to minimize the impact.

![image](media://d3e0e9e3-29ec-4cc9-9bf5-8afb900ec72c)

To make things easier, you may copy an existing configuration:

![View-Field-Configurations-partyzant2 (2).png](media://c75657da-1954-4751-9882-726c3da89d3d)

Name it to make things clear for other users:

![Copy-Field-Configuration-partyzant2.png](media://b95975f0-9332-4ca7-a071-e4dc0a5bcff4)

Click on the field configuration name and change all items to **"optional"** within it:

![View-Field-Configurations-partyzant2 (1).png](media://eaddc8b7-dd71-4872-b244-57c1726b9fec)

![image](media://270c3b1a-a7c8-4a6c-bc3a-57fe0ceb7cfa)

Add a new field configuration scheme:

![image](media://e9cfc927-dd19-4f6f-893e-f62ceb9d3528)

![image](media://ff8c089b-06f7-46e9-a6d8-5f75112f30c2)

Make sure that the correct field configuration is associated with the scheme:

![image](media://e78a19dd-2c5e-4eeb-bfe5-4ea704e72407)

![image](media://b6197672-98db-4bf6-86d9-16a397a47355)

![image](media://34ada788-a9ec-49f2-b7f1-ff12d4a1ac17)

Go to the Jira project that is added to the Box scope (the project Jira issues will be copied to):

![image](media://e5ca9adb-05e7-41f1-914e-cd199dd79ae6)

Find the field configuration:

![image](media://aded25b7-b914-4735-98b2-8bf8e6177d39)

Change the scheme:

![image](media://46a5f2b1-52de-4b95-8bf0-210b460d40cf)

![image](media://f3da91a4-3b9e-40e3-93ed-ab19695d9a42)

You can proceed with the cloning after changing the Field Configuration.