How do I set up Project Automation to include attachments from Service Desk?

[aline.bertrand]

When attachments are submitted through Service Desk, I cannot get it set up in Project Automation therefore they are not transferred to the new board. 

How would I resolve this?

[Marlene Kegel - codefortynine]

Hi @aline.bertrand,

If you want to clone issues including attachments and comments in Jira Service Desk cloud you can also try our Marketplace app Deep Clone for Jira. 

It's also possible to automate cloning by adding a Deep Clone post-function to a workflow.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with our support at support@codefortynine.com if you have questions or feedback.

Best regards,

Marlene

[Angélica Luz]

Hi Aline,

Thank you for reaching out to Atlassian Community!

As per the details you provided, when a ticket is created on Service Desk, you are using an automation to copy this ticket to a Software project, is that correct?

If that’s the case, can you send us a screenshot of it?

Please, give us more details about the configuration and what it should do, so we can test here to check if it’s expected or a bug.

Regards,
Angélica

[aline.bertrand]

Hi @Angélica Luz

Thanks for replying. I'm using Project Automation not Automation to send the ticket to a specific board.  So ie when I created the ticket through the portal, the attachment shows up as a comment. But when I'm setting up the project rules, in the fields to configure to Copy -- from trigger issue, there is no comment section or attachment section. Therefore when it creates it in my new board, all of these are lost.

[Angélica Luz]

Thank you for the details. 

The Automation for Jira does not have the option to copy the comments. I found two feature requests on their Jira related to this:

• Copy/Clone comments to another issue
• Allow Copy attachments in Cloud

If the automation runs when the ticket is created and you just need to clone the issue to another project, you can use the Service Desk automation where it has the option to copy attachments:

Please, give it a try and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Angélica

[aline.bertrand]

Hi @Angélica Luz , thing is that I am already using the project automation to create a linked issue in a board, therefore I don't think I can use two different automations to have different set of rules when a ticket is created. Am I wrong?

Do you have an ETA of when this will be resolved? 

[Angélica Luz]

Yes, that's correct, but if the built-in automation has the option you need, you can disable the add-ons' automation to use the other one. 

Related to the ETA, as the features are not in our Jira, we can't access internal notes or check who is the assignee, so we don't know when and if the feature will be implemented.