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Issue Linking Question - Need Help

MAG-II

Hello -

I am in a tough situation regarding Issue linking. In my Jira instance I have an Issue that automatically creates 2 different linked Issues (on separate workflows) via post function early in my project. This works well.

Later in my workflow the main Issue, which is currently linked with 2 other Issues, creates a third linked Issue. With this third linked Issue I am trying to figure out a way to link this third Issue with my 2 existing Issues that are linked with my main Issue. Is such a configuration possible in Jira?

My apologies if I am not being very clear. The situation is a bit confusing. Any help would be much appreciated.

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Ilya Turov

Hello, it's totally achievable. Depends which plugins you've got.

If you have a scriptrunner (or I believe SIL might have the same functionality), you can write you own postfunction to create needed links. But maybe some other plugins can do it out of their box, can't be sure.

MAG-II

Hey thanks for the response. Glad to know that such a configuration is possible. I have ScriptRunner, JMWE, and Jira Workflow Toolbox add-ons.

If it's the script route, how would I begin to write something like that? My knowledge of Groovy is a bit limited. Would be very grateful for some insight there.

Also, could any kind of JQL possibly achieve this?

Ilya Turov

quicly typed something like this, definitely needs tuning, but I hope you get the idea:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def issueLinkManager = ComponentAccessor.issueLinkManager
def currentUser = ComponentAccessor.jiraAuthenticationContext.loggedInUser
//here i assume you only have three linked issues, otherwise you need to find them
def linkedIssues = issueLinkManager.getLinkCollectionOverrideSecurity(issue).allIssues
def oldLinkedIssues = linkedIssues.findAll {
  //here we somehow find those two. maybe by their type or project
  it.issueType.name == "some type" || it.projectObject.key == "PRJ"
}
def newLinkedIssue = linkedIssues.find {
  //here again we need to somehow find that issue
  it.issueType.name == "maybe another type"
}
linkedIssues.each {
  //practice here with swapping sourceid and destination id to make a proper link
  def sourceIssueId = newLinkedIssue.id
  def destinationIssueId = it.id
  //find link type id you want from your system
  def issueLinkTypeId = 12345
  issueLinkManager.createIssueLink(sourceIssueId, destinationIssueId, issueLinkTypeId, 0L, currentUser)
}

issueLinkManager is your bro here

first you use it to find linked issues with methods like getLinkCollectionOverrideSecurity or getInwardLinks/getOutwardLinks and then you just create new links with createIssueLink

Just be sure you place it after the postfunction which creates your third issue so it already exists

MAG-II

Good Morning IIya -

I attempted to use the script you provided as in the post function of the Create Issue transition for my 3rd Issue that I am trying to link with the two existing linked Issues. So far I am not having any luck. Below is the script I have:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def issueLinkManager = ComponentAccessor.issueLinkManager
def currentUser = ComponentAccessor.jiraAuthenticationContext.loggedInUser
//here i assume you only have three linked issues, otherwise you need to find them
def linkedIssues = issueLinkManager.getLinkCollectionOverrideSecurity(issue).allIssues
def oldLinkedIssues = linkedIssues.findAll {
//here we somehow find those two. maybe by their type or project
it.issueType.name == "Test1, Test2" || it.projectObject.key == "VTEST"
}
def newLinkedIssue = linkedIssues.find {
//here again we need to somehow find that issue
it.issueType.name == "Test3"
}
linkedIssues.each {
//practice here with swapping sourceid and destination id to make a proper link
def sourceIssueId = newLinkedIssue.id
def destinationIssueId = it.id
//find link type id you want from your system
def issueLinkTypeId = 10003
issueLinkManager.createIssueLink(sourceIssueId, destinationIssueId, issueLinkTypeId, 0L, currentUser)
}

For issuetype.name, "Test1" and "Test2" are the two different Issue Types for the existing linked Issues. "Test3" is the Issue Type for the 3rd linked Issue that I am trying to link with the post function.

Regarding your comment "//practice here with swapping sourceid and destination id to make a proper link," I am not exactly sure what I can do here.

I found the issueLinkTypeId (10003) from the Jira Issues>Issue Linking section (found in the url of the page). I'm sure that there's a lot that I am missing here. Any ideas?

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