This article explains how to set parent the description in a cloned issue description to child's while cloning the issue using Clone+ (custom1) operationto 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 Clone+ 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.the 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+ beoperation. put in the user configured jira home directory 1.condition.*.*.* = true 1.label = my-Clone+ 1.set.description = %parent%original_description%
To test, create Click Make Active.
Create an issue (parent) with a sample description .
Create a sub-task issue from the parent issue and clone the sub-task issue (BUMP-26, for example), by clicking click More, select my-Clone+ operation as shown:Once the Clone+ operation is performed on the sub-task. The result is shownthe issue, the cloned issue description will be set as per the original issue's description as shown below: