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title: "Create Jira projects in bulk using Jira Command Line Interface (CLI)"
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<span style="color: #333333">This article explains how to create Jira projects in large numbers using Jira Command Line Interface (CLI).</span>

## <span style="color: #333333">Instructions</span>

1. <span style="color: #333333">Create a CSV file with required data filled into the columns </span>*<span style="color: #333333">project</span>*<span style="color: #333333">, </span>*<span style="color: #333333">name</span>*<span style="color: #333333">, </span>*<span style="color: #333333">lead</span>*<span style="color: #333333"> and </span>*<span style="color: #333333">template</span>*<span style="color: #333333"> as shown in the following screenshot:</span>  
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2. <span style="color: #333333">Combine the actions </span>**<span style="color: #333333">runFromCsv </span>**<span style="color: #333333">and</span>**<span style="color: #333333"> </span>****<span style="color: #333333">createProject</span>**<span style="color: #333333"> to create projects in bulk. This example works because the </span><span style="color: #333333">column names in the </span><span style="color: #333333">CSV file are the same as the parameter names for </span>[<span style="color: #333333">createProject</span>](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70787366/Actions#Actions-createProject)<span style="color: #333333">.</span>

> ℹ️ It is recommended to test this scenario in a test environment or run the action with the --simulate parameter to verify the behavior before implementing it in production.




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