JIRA Import Issue Links using JSON importer

Jay Chang

Hello,

I am trying to test JSON importer for the links or issuelinks using the following JSON data structure. But I don't know what do "sourceId" and "destinationId" mean? Are they the issue numbers? How does it work for cross projects? What are the valid values for "name"?

"links": [
{
"name": "sub-task-link",
"sourceId": "2",
"destinationId": "1"
},
{
"name": "Duplicate",
"sourceId": "3",
"destinationId": "2"
}
]

Your help is much appreciated.

nriley

sourceID and destinationID refer to the issues being linked to each other. The number used to represent the issues being linked corresponds to the externalID. For instance, in your first example, the issue with externalID = '2' is the subtask (source) of the issue with externalID = '1' (the parent issue). This key is unique, and should allow you to link any issues together (even across projects).

//subtask
{
    "status" : "Open",
    "reporter" : "bob",
    "issueType": "Sub-task",
    "created" : "P-3D",
    "updated" : "P-1D",
    "summary" : "Sub-task",
    "externalId": "2"
}

//parent
                {
                    "priority" : "Major",
                    "description" : "Some nice description here\nMaybe _italics_ or *bold*?",
                    "status" : "Closed",
                    "reporter" : "alice",
                    "labels" : [ "impossible", "to", "test" ],
                    "watchers" : [ "bob" ],
                    "issueType" : "Bug",
                    "resolution" : "Resolved",
                    "created" : "2012-08-31T17:59:02.161+0100",
                    "updated" : "P-1D",
                    "affectedVersions" : [ "1.0" ],
                    "summary" : "My chore for today",
                    "assignee" : "bob",
                    "fixedVersions" : [ "1.0", "2.0" ],
                    "components" : ["Component", "AnotherComponent"],
                    "externalId" : "1"
                }

The "name" field corresponds to the types of links you can make (i.e. sub-task-link, Duplicate, Blocks, Incorporates, etc.)

Hope this helps!