I need to link a lot of epics, stories to 1 epic for tracking

[David McCann]

I am using an initiative EPIC to track work at a macro level. However I am unable to link all Jira epics, stories, bugs etc to this particular Initiative. There is over 100 items to link and I have 12 initiatives. I can locate all the items under a filter search but I cannot link them to the initiative.

[Vignesh Jayagopal · Accepted solution]

Hello,

You can't link that in bulk under filter search/issue navigator.

Try setting up the automation rule for that

• Go to Project Settings > Automation 

• Create a New Rule:

  • Choose a Trigger (e.g., Scheduled or Manual Trigger).
  • Add a JQL Condition (e.g., project = XYZ AND status = "To Do").

• Link Issues:

  • Add an "Link Issues" action.
  • Define the link type and specify the target issue using JQL or smart values.

• Save and Enable the Rule.

[David McCann]

Thanks

[Vishal Biyani]

@David McCann 

if you want to see say 10 Epics under 1 initiative, you need to update parent field in the epics.

that you can do using bulk update feature after searching the issues.

In the search screen, on right side you will see ..., click on that and select the option bulk change ...

[David McCann]

Unfortunately some of them have already parent epics for feature work across multiple projects and releases. 

[Ashish Bijlwan]

Hi @David McCann 

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Bulk update under issue filter doesn't support issue link.

You can go for the Automation Rule.

Regards,
Ashish