Summary of Linked Issues

Question

I want to create an Issue Field that lists all the Linked Issues of a ticket.

I created a custom field called Linked Issues Summary (paragraph type). I then created an automation:

Trigger:

When: Issue Linked

Type: Blocks

Action:

Then: Edit Issue Fields Linked Issues Summary

It hasn't worked so far and I hope someone can help.

Mervyn Dogeno · Answer

Thank you, Ashish!

Mervyn Dogeno · Answer

Thanks for responding @Bill Sheboy

We have Jira and Monday.com users. I am trying to get Jira to report back into Monday for Linked Issues so that Monday users can see dependencies. Monday board won't map the Linked Issue field.

I ended up creating a custom field and automation rules that consolidates linked issues into a paragraph-type field. I was then able to map this custom field into a Monday board's Text column. Monday users can now see dependencies.

Not sure if I did it right though. What I do know is that it worked. :)

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Mervyn Dogeno -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

What problem are you trying to solve by doing this when the linked issues are already shown in a list in the issue?  That is, "why do this"?  Knowing that may help the community to offer additional ideas.

Until we know that...

Please consider that links may be added / removed for the issue, and so you will likely need two rule for those triggers.

And as a result, when updating the "linked issues summaries", I recommend completely replacing the custom field value from the linked issues rather than trying to add / remove values from the field.

Kind regards,
Bill