Preserving issue links within templates in Jira

Overview

Issue Templates for Jira Cloud now includes a powerful new feature that allows users to preserve issue linkings within templates. When creating a template from an Epic, users can now choose to maintain the linking between its child issues (such as stories, tasks, etc.).

This feature ensures that relationships like "Blocked by", "Relates to" and others are retained, providing a more comprehensive and accurate template for future use.

Why Preserve Issue Linkings?

Preserving issue linkings within templates offers several benefits:

• Consistency: Maintain the original structure and relationships between issues, ensuring that dependencies and related issues are correctly replicated.
• Efficiency: Save time by avoiding the need to manually recreate complex linking schemes.
• Accuracy: Ensure that all linked issues are correctly associated, reducing the risk of errors.

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How to Use the Preserve Issue Linkings Feature

Within the template creation screen, tick the box "Preserve the links between issues" as follow:

This feature is also available in Advanced Templates.