Link issues to the current issue

To add 'Link issues to the current issue' post-function to a transition: 

1. Click Edit for the workflow that has the transition you wish to add the post-function on.

2. In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.

3. Click Post Functions in the properties panel (or select the Post Functions tab).

4. Click Add post function.

5. Select Link issues to the current issue from the list of post-functions.

6. Click Add. The Link issue fields to the current issue screen will open, where you can configure the post function as needed. See below for more details on specific configurations.

When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger it, the add-on links the current issue to the specified number of issues that satisfy the specified parameterized JQL query.

Issues to link

• JQL Filter - Input a JQL expression that returns the issues to link to the current issue. You can insert issue, transition, currentUser and now variables in your JQL expression and test it using the JQL expression tester provided in this post-function.

  Examples:

  • project = TEST returns the issues of the project whose key is TEST

  • assignee is EMPTY returns all the unassigned issues.

  • project=TEST order by created desc returns the issues of the project whose key is TEST in descending order by Created time