This article explains how to set priority while cloning the issue using Clone+ (custom1) or Clone++ (custom1) options. Only an administrator can modify clone+ and clone++ configurations.
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the description in a cloned issue to be same as that of the original issue from which the ticket is cloned, using the Clone Plus for Jira app.
Instructions
- Log into Jira as an Administrator.
- Navigate to Settings
> Manage apps > Clone Plus for Jira as an administrator and click the link and select the relevant modules as shown:
Navigate to Settings > Manage Apps > BOB SWIFT CONFIGURATION > Clone Plus > Edit and edit the Clone Plus 
- Click Configure to open the Clone Plus for Jira Configuration properties file:page.
- Click the Edit tab.
Add the configurations as shown below and click Make Active.following clone-plus properties. The property, set.description = %original_description%, will set the description on the cloned issue to be same as the description on the original issue.
Code Block theme Midnight # ThisProperty filefor needsclone to be put in the user configured jira home directory+ operation. 1.condition.*.*.* = true 1.label = Custom1my-Clone+ 1.set.priority= 4 1.plus.condition.*.*.*= true 1.plus.label= Custom1++ 1.plus.set.priority= 5
Go to the issue you want to clone (TEST-1, for example).
Click More. Please note Priority is Medium for this issue.
Perform the Clone+ operation. The result is shown below as an example:
- Perform the same for Clone++ operation.
For the Clone++ operation, check the Priority of the issue as shown below:
description = %original_description% Click Make Active.
Create an issue with a description and click More, select my-Clone+ operation as shown:
Once the Clone+ operation is performed on the issue, the cloned issue description will be set as per the original issue's description as shown below:
