Linking issues that are mentioned in an issues comments

[Sarah Fajerberg]

Hey Community, 

I'm trying to create an automation that will link issues mentioned in another issues comments. 

This is the automation that I've been trying. But it is trowing an error. Anyone who can tell me what's wrong? Or help me analyse what is going wrong in the automation?

[Gideon Nolte _Eficode_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sarah Fajerberg

here's the syntax for your matching: `{{comment.body.match(".*?([A-Z]+-\d+).*?")}}`

Since the match method may return multiple values, I would suggest using it with "Advanced Branching". Adding up on that, match may return groups which are not actual keys. You can confirm that you only link to values that represent a value, by checking if there is an issue present with that key. 

See the full setup below. 

Feel free to ask for clarification or help if anything is unclear.

Greetings
Gideon 

[Sarah Fajerberg]

I tried this and got this error. I also attached a screenshot of my setup based on yours. 

[Gideon Nolte _Eficode_]

I suppose your branch config looks like this:

Just to be sure you - you do not need the `` around the smart value in my first post. I had success with this:

{{comment.body.match(".*?([A-Z]+-\d+).*?")}}

Hope this helps.
Gideon

[Sarah Fajerberg]

I see my error now. It worked! 
Thank you very much