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When creating a new OKR or adding a KR to an already existing Objective, select “auto KR” option in the “Add key results” step.
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“I want it to be automatically tracked based on connected issues' status” option when you add Key Results
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As you can see, most of the fields are the same as with the Standard KR, but instead of setting a start value and desired value, you should connect Jira issues. Right now the only option is to connect them via JQL query. It means that the issue list will be always up-to-date with all recent changes and new issues matching the query will be added automatically to the KR.
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After clicking on the “Define JQL query to connect issues” button, a window will appear with all of the issues on your instance. Type in desired JQL query that would match the issues you’d like to connect to the KR. If you’re not familiar wh JQL, here is a neat explanation of how to use it.
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