How do I create an automation to remove " - CLONE" when cloning work items?

[Mike Noonan]

When I go to clone an work item in my environment, the summary always displays CLONE - in front of the original value. 

I tried to create an automation to remove this but no luck getting it to work. 

The rule I tried to create was: 

1. New Trigger --> Issue Linked, Link Type=Cloners 

2. Action --> Look up work items with JQL set to issue in linkedIssues("{{issue.key}}", "clones") AND summary ~ "CLONE"

3. Action Edit Issue with field set to Summary and smart value= {{lookupIssues.summary.replaceAll("(?i)^clone( of)?(\\s*[-:]\\s*)?", "")}}

Can someone please assist with getting CLONE removed from cloned work items? Is this a setting that can be turned on and off? 

[Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mike Noonan 

The first step, if you haven't done this already, is to change the global settings so it no longer adds the prefix.

If you don't want to turn it off globally...

Change the trigger to

And have one action, and use this smart value 

{{issue.summary.remove("CLONE - ")}}

[Philipp Sendek · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mike Noonan and welcome to the community.

Gladly, you can actually turn this off, although this is a global configuration that can't be limited to a specific project.

It is the "jira.clone.prefix" Setting in the Advanced Settings.
You can access these settings the following way:

1. Choose > System

2. Choose General configuration and click Advanced Settings.

The documentation can be found here: https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/configure-advanced-settings/

Greetings
Philipp

[Mike Noonan]

Thank you!