Set up Automation Rules - How can I link issues that are mentioned in a custom field?

Daniela Salvador

I currently use a custom field for Acceptance Criteria in Jira Issues. One aspect of this criteria is to include the list of prerequisite tickets/issues that must be completed before the dev can begin their work. I would like to create an automation similar to the "Link issues that are mentioned in the comments" feature, but for the acceptance criteria field. 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

Fernando Eugênio da Silva

@Daniela Salvador , Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

 

If I understand correctly, you have a field in Jira where you put issues that are Acceptance Criteria that must be completed before the current issue can be worked on. Now you want to link the issues you put into the Acceptance Criteria field with the current issue, correct?

If this is correct, you need to make something like this:

1. Your field for 'Acceptance Criteria' needs to be a Short Text Field to be able to add the issue key you want to link.
2. You need to add the issues for Acceptance Criteria using only their issue keys. Like this: KEY-1111, KEY-2222, KEY-3333
3. In your automation rule add the field 'Linked Issues' and include the smartvalue of the short text field created.
   1. Select the link type
   2. Select the smartvalue: {{triggerIssue.customfield_XXXX}} (Field ID of short text field key collector)

But I need to confess, you are doing the same thing as just linking the issues using the Link Issues feature

Let me know if I missed something