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Automate connected fields

Alec Dewell
Contributor
August 14, 2026

I've had a look through other answers to similar questions but really stuggling to find a way to update a connected field rovo seems out of date in this area too. 

I have an idea with linked iterations. We have a multiselect priority and I want to update the idea with an appended value if that is added to a linked iteration. I can get to a branch that shows linked ideas using JQL but struggling to build out a condition that looks at the ideas (linkedissue) field and only appends if different. 

Anyone handled this? 

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Andrea Robbins
Community Champion
August 14, 2026

Hello! Yes I just configured an automation rule like this the other day, where I have a smart value called customerJPDKey that serves as the key of the Customer ticket type I want to link to an Idea using a connection field. You have to use the edit work item action with the advanced section:

{
"update": {
"issuelinks": [
{
"add": {
"type": {
"name": "Discovery - Connected"
},
"outwardIssue": {
"key": "{{customerJPDKey}}"
}
}
}
]
}
}

You'll need the key - it will look at the ticket type of that key and add it to the right connection field. It will just add it, so you don't have to worry about doing any diff or anything it will just add it if it didn't exist already. 

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