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Advanced Link Name: a name to identify your Advanced Link.
From Type: field type of an outward issue linktype.
Outward Issue Link: imagine 2 issues A and B. The outward link in the direction from A → BField: field title of an outward issue.
To Type: field type of an inward issue linktype.
Inward Issue Link: the inward link in the opposite direction from B → AField: field title of an outward issue.
Color: the color of your Advanced Link when they are displayed in Issue Graphs.
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You want to connect applications with databases. Your relation Advanced Link name is “Application - Database”. So you have the outward link field named “Application Database” which will link the application with databases connected to it. Vice versa you have the inward link field named “Database used by” which will link the database with applications.
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