cloning issue should not copy certain custom fields

[pavan venkatasubramanya]

Hi Everyone,

JIRA users in our organization use 'clone' functionality. In one of our projects we have two Vertygo SLA fields.

Values for these fields are calculated based on another date-time field and priority. Whenever an issue in this project is cloned these fields get populated with wrong values.

May I know if it possible to make clone action skip certain custom fields during cloning?

JIRA version is 6.2 server installed.

Thank You.

[Matheus Fernandes · Accepted solution]

Hi Pavan,

This actually isn't possible by default in JIRA, but we are tracking this request on JRA-5052. There are some add-ons in our Marketplace that provide this feature though, such as the Clone Plus for JIRA.

I hope this helps!

[pavan venkatasubramanya]

Hi Matheus, Thanks for looking into my question. I have voted for JRA-5052. We are using JIRA 6.2 and unfortunately Clone Plus is for 6.3.1 and above. Could you tell me if there is a plug-in suitable for 6.2. Thanks again!

[Matheus Fernandes]

Paven, Clone Plus also has versions for JIRA 6.2, see https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.jira.clone-plus/versions. If you install the plugin through the Administration » Add-ons » Find add-ons, it will install the correct version. :)

[pavan venkatasubramanya]

This actually works. Thank you very much.

[shikha sharma]

@pavan venkatasubramanyacan you please tell me what changes you have done in clone-plus.properties file.

Or how this works for you?

[NAYANA]

Hi Pavan, were the fields custom or out of the box or mix of both? 

[Timothy]

Have you Googled and tried this answers?

• https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/93250/how-can-certain-jira-fields-be-restricted-from-cloning
• https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.jira.clone-plus

[pavan venkatasubramanya]

Hi Timothy, Thanks for looking into my question. The plug-in is not suitable for JIRA 6.2 and this is ruled out. Let me check if the first options works.

[pavan venkatasubramanya]

Hi all, The Plug-in is actually useful. Thank you very much

[NAYANA]

Which plug-in worked finally? could you please clarify.