Create two Clones in Automation. How to Link those together after creation

A A Ron Geister _Trundl_

I am automating the onboarding for multiple projects. I have an automation that when an issue is created for HR, it then creates two linked clones for Finance & IT. How do I get those two issues created in my automation to link? 

I tried to use the link issue in automation for recently created but it just links the same issue that is the cloned parent. 

Mark Segall

Hi @A A Ron Geister _Trundl_ - I think you need a couple things here:

1. After the first clone, create a variable like varIT with a value of {{createdIssue}}
2. On the second clone, add the following to the More Options:

   1. {"update": {
         "issuelinks": [
            {
               "add": {
                  "type": {
                     "name": "LINKED ISSUE TYPE"
                  },
               "outwardIssue": {
                  "key": "{{varIT}}"
                   }
               }
            }
            ]
         }
      }