what is the best usage of Advance links and how can they be displayed in Search as columns ?

[Noopur Agarwal]

Hi Atlassian Community,

We recently migrated from Jira Data Center to Jira Cloud. Some of our previous custom field–based relationship links have been migrated as Advanced Links (STAGIL Plugin) 

We are now trying to define best-practice guidance for our teams on when to use Advanced Links versus Jira’s standard Linked Work Items / Issue Links.

Our key concern is that although we can build JQL queries using Advanced Links, we are unable to display Advanced Links as columns in Jira Search / Issue Navigator or in Structure. This limits our ability to use these relationships for reporting, review, sorting, and portfolio visibility.

Could you please advise:

1. What is the recommended use case for Advanced Links in Jira Cloud?  VS When should teams use standard issue links instead?
2. Is it expected that Advanced Links cannot be displayed as columns in search results?
3. Is it expected that Advanced Links cannot be displayed as columns in Structure?
4. Is there any supported workaround for showing Advanced Link values in column-based reporting?
5. If column visibility is required, should these relationships be converted to standard issue links or another Jira Cloud-supported model?

We want to avoid inconsistent usage across teams and define a clear standard following our migration to Jira Cloud.

Thanks,
Noopur

[Tomislav Tobijas]

Hey @Noopur Agarwal ,

Interesting question... Can you share which app exactly you are using? I've explored Marketplace a bit but couldn't find the app with that exact name. 👀

Anyway, I haven't used Advanced Links, and I'd like to hear how people are actually using them. From what I have researched, these are mainly used for complex data modeling or for specific plugin-driven visualizations. 🤔

Jira columns do support native fields, and even some Forge fields cannot be displayed there. So, I'd say that this behavior you're seeing is expected. As for Structure, I believe the same applies to that.

Have you reached the vendor (STAGIL) directly to see what they have to say about this and whether they have any recommendations?

Cheers,
Tobi