How to link issue on Create screen?

salman_kagzi May 1, 2014

Is it possible to link an issue to another issue when creating it?

I have been thorugh attlassian documentation and cant find anything to do this. Is there a custom field out there which could make this possible?

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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May 1, 2014

You don't need a custom field.

Add the "linked issues" field to the create screen. It's a recent addition, I'm never too sure of exact versions, but I think you need to be on Jira 6.1 or above to get it.

salman_kagzi May 1, 2014

Ooh. I did'nt know about that. Its there for me in Jira 6.1.2

Is it possible to change this field to list only a specific link type? And make it mandatory as well?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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May 1, 2014

No, it's there to allow any type of link to be created (you might be able to change the default, or remove extra options with a bit of javascript though)

It's not possible to make it mandatory - it's not really a "field" in Jira, it's a neat trick to add links. But, you could add validators I think - just one that says "issue has at least one link"

Vineela Durbha February 17, 2020

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist- 

I am currently on jira 7.6. How to find linked issues field? I am new to Jira and I am not finding it. Can you help me find the same?

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