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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Linear |
| 3 | +--- |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +# Import your Linear data to Plane |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +:::info |
| 8 | +The Linear importer is currently available under a feature flag. Contact us to try it out. |
| 9 | +::: |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +With the Linear importer, you can easily import issues, states, labels, priorities and user data from Linear to Plane and continue managing your existing projects. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +## Import from Linear |
| 14 | +> **Role**: Workspace admins |
| 15 | +
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| 16 | +To import Linear issues to a Plane project, follow these steps: |
| 17 | +1. Click the **∨** icon next to your workspace name on the sidebar and select **Workspace settings**. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +2. Select **Imports** on the right pane and click the **Import** button in the Linear section. |
| 20 | +  |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +4. In the **Linear to Plane Migration Assistant** screen, enter your **Personal Access Token** to allow Plane access to your Linear account. |
| 23 | +  |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +5. Click the **Connect Linear** button to link the accounts. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +6. Click the **Import** button in the **Imports** section. |
| 28 | +  |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +7. **Configure Plane** |
| 31 | + Select the Plane project where you want to import your Linear data and and click **Next**. |
| 32 | +  |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +8. **Configure Linear** |
| 35 | + Choose the Linear team from where you want to import data. |
| 36 | +  |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +9. **Map states** |
| 39 | + Map **Linear states** to their equivalent **Plane states**. |
| 40 | +  |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +10. **Summary** |
| 43 | + Review the mappings and make any changes if needed. Click **Back** to adjust, or click **Confirm** to start the migration. |
| 44 | +  |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +11. The data migration begins and takes a few minutes to complete depending on the number of issues in your Linear workspace. |
| 47 | +  |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +12. Once it's done, go to **Issues** in your Plane project to confirm that the data import is successful. |
| 50 | +  |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +### Imported entities |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +Here’s a quick look at what gets imported during the migration from Linear to Plane: |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +| Linear | Plane | Notes| |
| 57 | +|--------------| ------------------- |---- | |
| 58 | +| Labels | Labels | | |
| 59 | +| Status | States | | |
| 60 | +| Issue priorities | Priorities | | |
| 61 | +| Users | Users | | |
| 62 | +| Issues | Issues | | |
| 63 | +| Relations | Parent | Includes only parent-child relationships | |
| 64 | +| Issue comments | Issue comments |Includes username and timestamp. If you skip user import during migration, comments will show the name of the user who performed the migration.| |
| 65 | +| Issue attachments | Issue attachments | | |
| 66 | +| Reporter | Created by | | |
| 67 | +| Created | Created at | | |
| 68 | +| Assignee | Assignees | If you skip user import during migration, this will be blank.| |
| 69 | +| Issue types | Labels \| Prefix in Issue title | | |
| 70 | +| Images in the Issue description | Images in the Issue description | | |
| 71 | +| Summary | Issue title | | |
| 72 | +| Start date | Start date | | |
| 73 | +| Due date | Due date | | |
| 74 | +| Linked Issues | Links | Includes backlinks to the original Linear issue.| |
| 75 | +| Sprint | Cycles | Includes the issues, start and end date. | |
| 76 | +| Components | Modules | Includes the issues. | |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +## Sync Linear to Plane |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +After the import, if there are any new or updated issues in Linear, you can easily sync these changes to Plane: |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +1. Go to **Workspace settings**. |
| 83 | +2. Select **Imports** on the right pane. |
| 84 | +3. Click the **Re run** button next to the project you want to sync. |
| 85 | +  |
| 86 | + |
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