Link issue from Project 1 to Project 23

[Noemi Csaszar]

Hello,

Is it possible to manually link an issue with a DONE status from Project 1 to Project 2? This linking should be applied manually and only for specific issues.

Thank you!

[Kris Dewachter · Accepted solution]

Hi @Noemi Csaszar ,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

Yes, you can use the "Link" functionality to link an issue from project 1, to an issue in project 2.

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/link-issues/

Best regards,

Kris

[Noemi Csaszar]

Hi Kris and thank you so much!

So, I can link an issue in Project 1 to an issue in Project 2, but I can’t link an issue directly to the entire project itself. As I found in the link you shared, JIRA's linking functionality only supports issue-to-issue connections, regardless of the projects they belong to.

Have a good evening,

Noemi

[Kris Dewachter]

Hi @Noemi Csaszar ,

Correct. Everything in Jira is "issue" based. So you can link issues to other issues (in the same or in another project). But you can not link an issue to a project.

Why would you want to link to a project? Do you have a use case ?

Best regards,

Kris

[Noemi Csaszar]

Hello @Kris,

Yes, I do have a use case. I would like to link an issue to a project because, in some cases, projects are created as a result of specific issues that have been completed. We need a way to track the issues that have led to the creation of new projects.

Thanks,

Noemi

[Kris Dewachter]

Hi @Noemi Csaszar ,

You could also add a "web link" to your issue. You could link to a project url, issue list or dashboard of the project. You need to copy/past the url in the web link.

Best regards,

Kris