Automation to update field in current issue with a value from a linked issue.

Dave Stillwell

I am trying to create a manually triggered automation that would copy the value of custom field from a linked issue and update the same field in the current issue.

From what I read I am supposed to use a Branch Rule and select linked Issues and the link type and then add an Edit Issue action to update the field and to select the customfield value {{issue.fields.customfield_XXXXX}.  But when I look at the Audit Log for the rule it indicates that the linked issue was edited and not the issue from where the rule was triggered.

Christopher Yen

Hi @Dave Stillwell ,

When I use branch rules I think it's usually in the opposite direction of what you're describing, usually to update linked issues. I think with what you're describing you should use the lookup issue action and then a smart value that refers to the lookup.

 

Not super confident on this format but what I found from Googling,

{{lookupIssues.fields.customfield_XXXXX}}

Also if the linked issues are potentially in different projects you'll also want to make this a global automation rule scoped to the all the projects you need or it might run into issues.