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Create an Issue Links Matrix

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Issue linking must be enabled to create Issue Links matrices.

If issue linking is disabled in your Jira instance, you’ll see a lozenge next to the matrix name notifying you about the required configuration.

To create Issue Links Matrices:

  1. On your Jira Cloud instance, navigate to your Project settings or Project settings

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  1. > Apps.

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  1. In the left menu, choose Issue Matrix

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  1. Configuration.

  2. On the Issue Matrices page, click the Add Matrix button.

  3. From the

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  1. dropdown, choose the Issue Links Matrix type

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  2. The Add Matrix page will be visualized, where you can start setting configuration options.

  3. Context > Linked Projects:

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  1. Choose which projects you want to link to the matrix. By default, the Issue Matrix configuration is linked to the current project only.

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  1. To create a multi-project configuration

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  1. , select the projects you want to

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  1. link in the Projects to link section.

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  1. The Issue Matrix configuration and panel will appear in all linked projects.

    (info) With multi-project issue matrices, changes to the Issue Matrix configuration in one of the projects will affect the rest of the projects.

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  2. Context > Issue Types: After specifying the linked projects, choose issue types for each of them in the Context > Issue Types section.
    (info) Keep in mind, that the different projects might be associated with different issue types. For that reason, for each project, you need to choose the issue types where you would like to show the Issue Matrix panel.

  3. Type: In the

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  1. Issue Link Types section, choose issue links, which will be shown on your Issue Matrix.
    You can also specify a Filter JQL query to additionally filter the data displayed in the matrix.

  2. Data: Configure the data (columns, their width, and headers) that the Issue Matrix will show. The columns are custom fields from your Jira Cloud instance.

  3. Sort by: Set a default order for the data displayed in the matrix by choosing one or more fields in the Sort By section.

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  1. Actions: Set up actions to allow users to easily create and link new issues using predefined Project, Issue Type, and Link Type configurations. You can learn more in the Create and Link Actions document.

  2. Save the configuration.

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Issue Matrix allows you to have completely different information in the issue views for the different projects. You just need to create different Issue Matrices in different projects.

Inactive Issue Links Matrices

Issue Links matrices become inactive if a Jira admin deactivates issue linking on the Jira site. This means you will not be able to see Issue Links matrices in your projects even though you will still be able to create, edit and view them on the Issue Matrices page

To identify inactive Issue Links matrices, check the Issue Matrices page. In the list, you will see an

Status
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titleissue links DISABLED
label under the Issue Links type matrices.