cloneIssue

Description

Duplicates the issue and returns the key of the duplicated issue. If specified, it also creates a link to the duplicated issue.

Parameters

Return Type

String

The return value represents the key of the duplicated issue.

Examples

Example 1

cloneIssue("PRJ-343");
//"PRJ-343" represents the key of the issue that will be duplicated.

Result: Issue PRJ-343 is duplicated.

Example 2

cloneIssue("PRJ-267","Cloned Issue")

Result: Issue PRJ-267 is duplicated and a link named Cloned Issue to the duplicated issue is created.

Please beware that using the "newParentKey" parameter can create subtasks in other projects and create infinite subtasks. This may render Jira unusable. Make sure the parent and the subtask will be in the same project. Make sure you do not create a subtask with another subtask as parent.

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