How to link two issues from same Epic via JMWE add-on

Question

Hi guys,

I'm going to use post-function "Link issues to the current issue (JMWE add-on)" for "create issue" transition and need to link new issue with existing one (with specific summary) only if they both have equal "Epic link" value.  The value itself doesn't matter, but it must be the same in both issues which are going to be linked.

How to write this condition correctly?

PS: Instead of "Epic link" I can use some other field like label, etc.

Many thanks!

Andrey_mb60tw · Answer

Thanks for your help, David!  I realized that this won't work for the sub-tasks level because sub-task doesn't have an Epic, so I just change my logic of the process.

David Fischer · Answer

Did you test it against an issue (GL-31) that has a parent Epic?

Of course, if not all issue that go through this transition have a parent Epic, you'll need to protect against that. You can just add double quotes around the Epic Link value:

summary ~ "The specific summary" and "Epic Link" = "{{issue.fields["Epic Link"]}}" and key != {{issue.key}}

Andrey_mb60tw · Answer

Thanks David, but it returns error:

Message:

Error in JQL Query: Expecting either a value, list or function but got 'and'. You must surround 'and' in quotation marks to use it as a value. (line 1, character 80)

Parsed JQL query:

project = GL and "Summary" ~ "Send Welcome Email to Client" and "Epic Link" =  and key != GL-31