Link Automatically Created Confluence Page to Jira Story

[Jagmohan]

Hi all,

To save time, I've managed to create an automation so we can create a Confluence page directly from the story. This works well 🎉

However, when the automation is finished, I want to do two things:

• the newly created page should open, either in the current tab or new tab
• the newly created page should be linked to the story from which the page is created. I can only link to other stories..
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I cannot find any configuration possibilities to do this. Who can help me? 🥹

[Jagmohan]

Another question (:

In the automation which is triggered manually, the actor is the user who triggered the event. Somehow, I - the rule owner - become the owner of the newly created page and I don't understand why.

What am I missing?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Jagmohan 

That does not appear to be possible yet with the REST API.  You may want to follow this post in the developer community to see if there are updates: 

https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/page-owner-apis/71284

Kind regards,
Bill

[Jagmohan]

Hi @Frederik Vantroys

By some trial & error I stumbled upon the smart values, but I can't figure out the Webhook action part. Can you elaborate?

[Frederik Vantroys]

Hi @Jagmohan ,

Opening the Newly Created Page:

To open the newly created Confluence page either in the current tab or a new tab, you can utilize Jira's automation features.
For opening the page in the current tab: When configuring the automation rule, add a "Smart Value" action that uses the "URL" smart value to construct the URL of the newly created page. Then, add a "Webhook" action that uses the "URL" smart value as the URL to open.

For opening the page in a new tab: Similarly, when configuring the automation rule, add a "Smart Value" action to construct the URL of the newly created page. Then, use the appropriate Jira automation action (e.g., "Send email", "Send Slack message") to send a notification containing the URL to yourself or relevant team members. They can click on the URL in the notification to open the page in a new tab.

Linking the Newly Created Page to the Story:
By default, Jira doesn't provide direct linking of Confluence pages to stories. However, you can still establish a connection between the newly created Confluence page and the original story by adding a reference in the story's description or comments.
In the automation rule, include an action to update the description or comments of the original story with a link to the newly created Confluence page. You can use a smart value to dynamically generate the URL of the Confluence page and format it as a hyperlink.
For example, in the automation rule, you can use the "Edit issue" action to add a comment to the story with a message like: "A Confluence page has been created for this story. Link to Confluence Page". Replace <confluence_page_url> with the actual URL of the newly created Confluence page.

This way, the story will have a clickable link in its description or comments that leads to the corresponding Confluence page.

[Jagmohan]

Hi @Frederik Vantroys

Thanks for your suggestions! I added an action to create a comment in the story using {{createdPage.url}} - so that's good enough for now.

However, I can't figure out the "add a smart value action ... URL to open". Can you provide some screenshots or URL to a tutorial? Because I don't see any options to do that

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

That action does not exist, I'm afraid the answer was written by an AI that does not know what it is doing.