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The following are example examples on how to interact with issue picker custom fields within Jira automation.

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In this example we want to set the issue’s assignee based on the current assignee in the selected issue of issue picker field ‘customfield_10107’.

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Syntax: Lookup issues

key in ({{issue.customfield_10107}})

Syntax: Edit issue fields (Assignee)

{{lookupIssues.first.assignee}}

Note: Please make sure that the selected issue from issue picker are also in the scope of the automation rule.

Please check Atlassian’s documentation on ‘Lookup issues’

Workaround - Link selected issues on issue creation

Issue picker does not support linking issues from the create screen. The problem is that issue picker triggers on selection of issues, at which point the issues does not exist yet for linking.

As a workaround, you can use Jira automation to achieve issue linking of selected issues from the create screen.

In this example we want to link the created issue with the selected issues in ‘customfield_10192’ using the ‘is blocked by’ link.

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Syntax: Lookup issues

key in ({{issue.customfield_10192}})

Syntax: Link issue to

{{lookupIssues}}

Notes:

• Using the syntax above also supports to link multiple selected issues at once.

• Please make sure that the selected issue from issue picker are also in the scope of the automation rule.

Please check Atlassian’s documentation on ‘Lookup issues’

Add (newly created) Jira-native linked Issues to Issue Picker

Issue Picker does not add newly created issue links to Issue Picker fields.

You can, however, use automation to add newly created links to Issue Picker fields:

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Use When: Issue linked to start the rule on creation of a new linked issue and use the Advanced mode of Then: Edit issue field to add the key of the destination issue of the link to to contents of the issue picker field:

Syntax: Edit issue fields

{
	"fields": {
		"customfield_10197": [{{#customfield_10197}}"{{.}}",{{/}}"{{destinationIssue.key}}"]
	}
}

Here the ID of the Issue Picker custom field is customfield_10197. Replace this with the respective field ID in your Jira instance.

Add (existing) Jira-native linked Issues to Issue Picker

Issue Picker does not add issues, which are already linked natively in Jira to the Issue Picker custom fields.

You can, however, create an automation that checks for natively linked issues and add them to the issue picker custom field:

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Syntax: Lookup issues

issue IN linkedIssues({{issue.key}}, "is blocked by")

Here issues with the Issue Link Type “is blocked by“ are added to the Issue Picker custom field.

Syntax: Edit issue fields

{
	"fields": {
		"customfield_10075": [{{#customfield_10075}}"{{.}}",{{/}}{{#lookupIssues}}"{{key}}"{{^last}}, {{/}}{{/}}]
	}
}

Here the Issue Picker Field is customfield_10075.

Notes:

• Please make sure that the issues added via the automation also confirm to the Issue Picker JQL condition. As the field is edited directly, the JQL condition cannot be enforced by Issue Picker at this time.

• Please make sure that the natively linked issues are also in the scope of the automation rule.

• Vary the trigger of your rule according to your needs (trigger periodically or when issue link is changed on the issue).

Please check Atlassian’s documentation on ‘Lookup issues’