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82 changes: 82 additions & 0 deletions docs/plane-importers/linear-importer.mdx
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title: Linear
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# Import your Linear data to Plane

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.

## Import from Linear
> **Role**: Workspace admins

To import Linear issues to a Plane project, follow these steps:
1. Click the **∨** icon next to your workspace name on the sidebar and select **Workspace settings**.

2. Select **Imports** on the right pane and click the **Import** button in the Linear section.
![Import Linear](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/import-linear.webp)

4. In the **Linear to Plane Migration Assistant** screen, enter your **Personal Access Token** to allow Plane access to your Linear account.
![Connect Linear](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/linear-plane-migration-assistant.webp)

5. Click the **Connect Linear** button to link the accounts.

6. Click the **Import** button in the **Imports** section.
![Import Linear data](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/import-linear-data.webp)

7. **Configure Plane**
Select the Plane project where you want to import your Linear data and and click **Next**.
![Configure Plane](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/configure-plane.webp)

8. **Configure Linear**
Choose the Linear team from where you want to import data.
![Configure Linear](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/configure-linear.webp)

9. **Map states**
Map **Linear states** to their equivalent **Plane states**.
![Map states](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/map-states.webp)

10. **Summary**
Review the mappings and make any changes if needed. Click **Back** to adjust, or click **Confirm** to start the migration.
![Review mappings](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/import-summary.webp)

11. The data migration begins and takes a few minutes to complete depending on the number of issues in your Linear workspace.
![Migration complete](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/import-complete.webp)

12. Once it's done, go to **Issues** in your Plane project to confirm that the data import is successful.
![Verify import](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/linear/verify-import.webp)

### Imported entities

Here’s a quick look at what gets imported during the migration from Linear to Plane:

| Linear | Plane | Notes|
|--------------| ------------------- |---- |
| Labels | Labels | |
| Status | States | |
| Issue priorities | Priorities | |
| Users | Users | |
| Issues | Issues | |
| Relations | Parent | Includes only parent-child relationships |
| 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.|
| Issue attachments | Issue attachments | |
| Reporter | Created by | |
| Created | Created at | |
| Assignee | Assignees | If you skip user import during migration, this will be blank.|
| Issue types | Labels \| Prefix in Issue title | |
| Images in the Issue description | Images in the Issue description | |
| Summary | Issue title | |
| Start date | Start date | |
| Due date | Due date | |
| Linked Issues | Links | Includes backlinks to the original Linear issue.|
| Sprint | Cycles | Includes the issues, start and end date. |
| Components | Modules | Includes the issues. |

## Sync Linear to Plane

After the import, if there are any new or updated issues in Linear, you can easily sync these changes to Plane:

1. Go to **Workspace settings**.
2. Select **Imports** on the right pane.
3. Click the **Re run** button next to the project you want to sync.
![Sync Linear](https://media.docs.plane.so/importers/Linear/rerun-import.webp)

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collapsed: false,
label: 'Importers',
items: [
'plane-importers/github-imp',
'plane-importers/jira-imp',
'plane-importers/linear-importer',
],
},
{
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