how to link multiple issues at once in the new view

[carey.cox@powerschool.com]

In the old view you could paste in several issue keys/numbers (separated by whitespace) into the link text box, and it would link them all to a single ticket.  The new view doesn't allow you to do that.  I get an error saying the it can't find the issue with the given key.

How do you do this in the new view?  It will be very tedious to have to link 100 issues to one ticket one at a time.  For now I will just switch back to the old view to do this.

[Brian Akong · Accepted solution]

As pointed out previously, I do not believe this functionality exists in the "new view" yet either.

I found myself in the same position and ended up resorting to using the Jira REST API - in particular, the "Create issue link" endpoint.

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Below is a solution that uses Node.js to link an arbitrary number of issues to a single issue

1. Install Node.js if you do not currently have it installed on your computer
   
   
2. Create a new directory somewhere on your computer
   

   mkdir linking-jira-issues

3. Within this newly created directory (i.e. "cd" into this directory), run the following commands
   

   npm init
   
   npm install node-fetch

4. Create a file named index.js
5. Copy and paste the contents of this GitHub gist into your index.js file
6. Fill in the variables with appropriate values
7. Execute the file by running

   node index.js

As long-winded as it is, that should hopefully link all the tickets you specify to a single Jira ticket without having to do each one manually in the UI.

[carey.cox@powerschool.com]

Thank you.  I finally got around to testing this and it works.

[Brian Akong]

Awesome! Glad to hear that!

[Robert James Fulner]

When I run the same I get the following error message

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 SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules
at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1178:20)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1220:27)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47

[Adam Witt]

I've found a way!! 

1. Begin on the Issue Navigator. On the right hand side of an issue, click the 3 dots menu and scroll down to Link

2. In the popup, click search for an issue

3. In the next pane, click Advanced Search so you can do your own JQL.
NOTE: Do not put "order by" at the end of your JQL or it won't work

4. From here you can click the checkbox next to Type to select all 10 and then the Add Button at the bottom right to complete your selection. 

It only returns 10 issues, sadly 😢 but that's still better than nothing. I'd recommend including something like "issueLinkType is empty" in your JQL so you can run it a few times with new results each time. 

[Timothy Bassett]

Sounds about right.  More basic functionality removed.....

[Airbus Driver]

I don't think this functionality has been implemented yet, however, there have been numerous requests for this feature. Refer to the following: link multiple issue requests