How to put a direct link to a local folder in an issue ?

Question

I am working on Jira Cloud and I need to add a direct link to drawings and related stuff on each issue I make. I tried making a custom field where I copied the url, but the employees then need to copy that again manually and paste it to open it.

Is there a way to put a direct link on each issue that will open a folder on our drive when it is clicked on ?

Like this for example:

T:\_ProductionData\M45-1000\M45-1000-0003

Relja Mihajlovic · Answer

Did you find any solutions for this?

Melkorka · Answer

Hi, thanks.

I new about the possibility of putting everything to the cloud and then use a http hyperlink but that is not a possibility for us at the moment, we have other complicated links from other software to our drive.

But I guess we will just use the manual way of copying the link and paste it on the folder search bar for now :)

sudarshan_x34rab · Answer

Hello @Melkorka ,

This should be easy and a can be done in the normal way - hyperlink

1. add all your files in a cloud folder

2. get a shareable link of it and paste it in the Rich text field in your jira ticket.

I have seen/done teams adding lots of web links (invision, zeplin, onedrive, sharepoint, youtube etc... in jira tickets)

From your question I see that you have added "T:\" drive -- this will not work, change it to a HTTP: based web address and it will be recognized as a hyper link.

If not use the link option and link it manually.

If you have created a separate field in Jira to add this link -- then make sure the field type is Rich text editor or a link/file based field.

Hope this helps.