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.
JQL Expression: Input a JQL expression that returns the issues to link. You can insert issue, transition, currentUser and now
variables in your JQL expressionand test it using the JQL expression tester provided in this post-function.
Examples:
project = TEST
returns the issues of the project whose key is TESTassignee is EMPTY
returns all the unassigned issues.project=TEST order by created desc
returns the issues of the project whose key isTEST
in descending order byCreated
time
Note: If the current issue satisfies the specified JQL query, an error is logged because you cannot link an issue with itself.
You can find more information about searching for Jira issues using JQL here: Advanced searching and Search Jira like a boss with JQL.
Max. Issues: Input the maximum number of issues that the JQL expression should return. The value cannot be more than 50.
Link type: Select the link type to be created between the current issue and the issues returned from the JQL expression.
Run As
- Run as current user
The current user will be the creator of the issue links.
- Run as add-on user
The add-on user will be the creator of the issue links.
- Run as this user
Any user selected in this field will be the creator of the issue links.
Conditional execution
To execute this post-function based on the result of a Nunjucks template see Conditional execution. The condition is evaluated only after the JQL query runs and not before. It will be evaluated against each issue returned by the JQL query allowing you to further filter the issues to link to the current issue. The issues returned by the JQL query will be available in your Nunjucks template through the linkedIssue variable.
Delayed execution
To delay the execution of this post-function see Delayed execution.