How can we add "Parent ID" details in comments section while cloning JIRA issue?

Question

Hello,

How can we add source "Parent ID" details in the comments section while cloning the JIRA issue?

We have automation for adding comments but what should be the JQL for adding Parent JIRA ID information?

Basically, we should be able to trace back the source from where the JIRA issue is cloned.

See the screenshot attached for more clarity.

Thanks

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

The answer I provided will address your need.

Nitin Kirnapure · Answer

Hello @Trudy P Claspill

Thanks for your response!

But maybe I was not clear enough to explain the query.

I wish to have the (source) JIRA ID in the comments section.

JIRA issue is building a relation under "Linked Issues" clones, See the attachments below.

I just need the same JIRA ID to reflect in the comment section.

See the Yellow Highlighted part in the screenshot

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Nitin Kirnapure

Welcome to the Atlassian community!

When you Clone an issue Jira does not consider that the same as creating a parent/child relationship between the two issues.

You can use a Lookup Issues action to get the list of issues that the new issue was cloned from. There should only be one issue in the list.

To then get the issue key of the one issue returned by the Lookup Issues action use this smart value:

(Note that is a capital "i" for Issues.)