User macro to display single Jira issue not working as expected

Question

Hi, I have a user macro which works as a wrapper for the JIM macro, allowing us to inject variables when creating pages. It works brilliantly except that it does not create a reciprocal link from the Jira issue to the Confluence page and I'm not sure why not. This is the relevant part of the macro: Jira false $body Does anyone have any ideas? I think it was actually working before we upgraded to Confluence 6.8.2 and Jira 7.9.2 as no one had raised an issue before, but not sure. Thanks Maree

Alex van Vucht (GLiNTECH) · Answer

Yes, Jira links aren't generating either when using wiki markup in a $action.getHelper().renderConfluenceMacro() call.

Maree Milne_mxwk8f · Answer

Thanks Zak, that's what I figured, but as the user macro is really acting as a wrapper around the existing Jira macro I was hoping to find some way to trigger it...

Zak Laughton · Answer

Hi Maree!

Unfortunately, I was unable to get this to work either. It doesn't work in Confluence 6.9.1 with Jira 7.9, but it also didn't work when I tested as early as Confluence 5.10.8 with Jira 7.2.0. I'm not sure this was ever possible with a user macro. My guess is there's some code in the Jira plugin in Confluences that works behind-the-scenes with the macro to create that reciprocal link.