Automation: Empty Epic Link Field

Question

We are creating an automation rule to recreate a card when a card is move to done with a new due date.

We would like to make the Epic Link field empty.

We have set it so "This field will be cleared" however that is not working and it is coping the issues current epic link. We have also attempted to use JSON to set the epic link field to empty. This is not working either.

{
"update": {
"labels": [
{
"add": "cloned"
}
],
"issuelinks": [
{
"add": {
"type": {
"name": "Cloners"
},
"outwardIssue": {
"key": "{{issue.key}}"
}
}
}
],
"customfield_10014" : "set": [{ "value": "_EMPTY" }]
}
}

How can we set the epic link to empty when cloning a card with automation?

John Funk · Answer

Hi Richard,

I don't think you can do all of that in a single step. Do the clone step, and then add a branch for most recently created issue. Under that do an Edit issue and clear the Epic Link field there.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Richard Jones

Are you working with issues in a Company Managed project or a Team Managed project?

Can you show us the automation rule where you try to empty the field using the "this field will be cleared" option?