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Advanced Links in Jira Cloud are distinct from Advanced Links in the app’s Data Center version, where they are built as Jira's standard custom fields. As a result, some of the typical Automation field-based triggers and actions are not compatible with them. However, we can utilize issue properties to store data, allowing us to use Advanced Links with a Jira Automation action called Set Entity Property. By incorporating smart values, we can append key/value pairs to an issue or add new links to our Advanced Link field.

  1. Go to Automation RulesCreate rule.

  2. Select and configure trigger requirements → Save.

  3. Select New componentNew action → Set entity property.

  4. Select “Issue” in the Entity type field.

  5. Enter Advanced Link description according to the example:
    assetlink_inward_4942, where:
    assetlink_ is a fixed value
    inward_ is the direction of the Advanced Link field to which it is required to link new relations
    4942 is the Advanced Link field’s ID number. To see the ID number go to Manage AppsAdvanced Links. Hover over the Advanced Link → find a URL in the lower left corner of the page with an ID number e.g. https://apps.stagil.com/sajc/relation/4942/outward

  6. Enter Property value.

    1. To add more Advanced Links to the existing use:

      Code Block
      {
      "add": ["EIP-3", "EIP-4"]
      }
    2. To set new Advanced Links instead of existing use:

      Code Block
      {
      "set": ["EIP-3", "EIP-4"]
      }
    3. To link issues that are mentioned in the comment by issue key use

      Code Block
      {
      "add": ["{{comment.body}}"]
      }

      It is important to make sure that the issue key remains in the text format. If the issue key is saved as an issue link, the automation rule will not be triggered.

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