How do I choose between linking existing learnings and writing a new one?

[Tiffany]

Hi, I'm new to Atlassian’s Projects and have been experimenting with project updates and learnings. I really like the overall experience so far, but am a bit confused about how learnings are linked to updates.

When I posted my first project update, a couple of existing learnings were automatically pulled into the update (which I actually didn’t want). Now, when I actually do want to reference an existing learning in an update, I don’t see a way to link them. The only option seems to be creating a brand‑new learning directly from the update composer.

Also, sometimes I want the image to be embedded in the update post and other times I want it to be attached at the bottom of the post, but it seems that the only option for images is to embed it. For learning, sometimes I want to quickly view the file attached in the learning and it opens up the learning composer instead.

Is there a way to choose between linking an existing learning vs creating a new one when creating a project update? And is there a way to pick integrating an image into a post update and attaching it as a file? Why does clicking on files in learning posts open up the composer? Any help would be much appreciated!

[Tomislav Tobijas]

Hey @Tiffany ,

Regarding learnings... these will be automatically linked to the current week update if they were created in the same week 👈 (at least that's how it used to work) 
Similarly, if the update was posted in the previous week, it will NOT be linked to the current week's update.
There's no way to currently specify which learning will be linked to an update, apart from just using the learning's direct link

Also, images should always be embedded in these description areas - whether in Learning or in Weekly update.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'composer'? Do you mean a learning editor? If so, the learning panel behaves a bit differently than the one for the update (actually mimicking Jira paragraph fields), as there's no dedicated "Edit" button as for the weekly update.

Hope this clarifies things.

Cheers,
Tobi