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  1. Jira Data Center
  2. JRASERVER-9634

Add ability to restrict issue types of issues for a issue link type

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      jira does not appear to have an ability to control the types of object a specifi relationship type can attach to.

      If this could be done then the UI would be improved
      less choices to get wrong in the dropdown
      better filetring of the choices to relate to in the helper screens

      Also the relationship data is likely to be more accurate, as the user is guided thorugh selection of the relationships thatthe designer thinks are appropriate

            [JRASERVER-9634] Add ability to restrict issue types of issues for a issue link type

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            +1 for having those plugins in data center versions

            Ethan Zhang added a comment - +1 for having those plugins in data center versions

            Hi, Any ETA for Links Scheme or EasyLinks plugins to be available for Data center versions?

            Fazila Ashraf added a comment - Hi, Any ETA for Links Scheme or EasyLinks plugins to be available for Data center versions?

            Is there an ETA for when Links Scheme or EasyLinks add-ons will be available for Cloud instances?

            Carolyn Nelson added a comment - Is there an ETA for when Links Scheme or EasyLinks add-ons will be available for Cloud instances?

            Hi there,

            maybe this free addon I made can help: [Easy Links for JIRA|https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.codedpoetry.easylinks.easy-links/server/overview.] It provides two new custom field types that manage behind the scenes the issue links. You can also restrict the available values of the fields with JQL expressions.

             

            Regards, Fernando

            Fernando Llaca Romero added a comment - Hi there, maybe this free addon I made can help: [Easy Links for JIRA| https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.codedpoetry.easylinks.easy-links/server/overview .] It provides two new custom field types that manage behind the scenes the issue links. You can also restrict the available values of the fields with JQL expressions.   Regards, Fernando

            Hi,

            we are thrilled to announce that we have just released Links Scheme add-on which allows to manage Link Types for Issue Types and Projects the way as you always expected.
            Please try it, we would love to hear your feedback.

            Regards, Develocenter Support

            Support [Develocenter] added a comment - Hi, we are thrilled to announce that we have just released Links Scheme add-on which allows to manage Link Types for Issue Types and Projects the way as you always expected. Please try it, we would love to hear your feedback. Regards, Develocenter Support

            Trigger works

            Cameron Ives added a comment - Trigger works

            Martin, you've resolved this issue as "Answered", but I think "Won't Fix" would be the more correct choice, and it would allow us to query for these types of requests in future.

            Kavian Moradhassel added a comment - Martin, you've resolved this issue as "Answered", but I think "Won't Fix" would be the more correct choice, and it would allow us to query for these types of requests in future.

            Many thanks for reporting this issue, however this is not something we plan to add to JIRA at this time.

            Regards,
            Martin
            JIRA team

            Martin (Inactive) added a comment - Many thanks for reporting this issue, however this is not something we plan to add to JIRA at this time. Regards, Martin JIRA team

            If not possible to restrict the issue types in linking, at least please provide a possibility to filter the search by issue type?

            Aarto Reponen added a comment - If not possible to restrict the issue types in linking, at least please provide a possibility to filter the search by issue type?

            I would also love to see this feauture in JIRA! We have a lot of different issue types (Change requests, issues, process documents etc.) and the issue type is only shown using the icon (when searching for issues to link to). This would be a killer feature...
            /Aarto

            Aarto Reponen added a comment - I would also love to see this feauture in JIRA! We have a lot of different issue types (Change requests, issues, process documents etc.) and the issue type is only shown using the icon (when searching for issues to link to). This would be a killer feature... /Aarto

            This would improve the usability of our JIRA implementation significantly. Even at the relatively "young" age of our JIRA implementation (about six months) we are already seeing a tendency for people to make mistakes in the type of link they make between projects.

            The usability issues are much exacerbated by the fact that you cannot simply edit the link type - you have to actually DELETE the link and re-create it again. This is a really painful process to go through constantly.

            I hope that helps to add some colour as to why this feature would be valuable to us.

            Thanks.

            Daniel Sloan added a comment - This would improve the usability of our JIRA implementation significantly. Even at the relatively "young" age of our JIRA implementation (about six months) we are already seeing a tendency for people to make mistakes in the type of link they make between projects. The usability issues are much exacerbated by the fact that you cannot simply edit the link type - you have to actually DELETE the link and re-create it again. This is a really painful process to go through constantly. I hope that helps to add some colour as to why this feature would be valuable to us. Thanks.

            This is still an issue for us, discrete links with defined ends would be a great opportunity for us!!

            Andreas Haaken added a comment - This is still an issue for us, discrete links with defined ends would be a great opportunity for us!!

            I have developed a plugin that implements restrictions in the form of workflow conditions and validations, to restrict the issue types allowed to be linked for a certain issue link type. It also restrict the status of the issues, and can also restrict the issues to belong to the same project if desired.

            https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/29496?versionId=29497

            I hope it helps,

            Fidel.

            Fidel Castro added a comment - I have developed a plugin that implements restrictions in the form of workflow conditions and validations, to restrict the issue types allowed to be linked for a certain issue link type. It also restrict the status of the issues, and can also restrict the issues to belong to the same project if desired. https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/29496?versionId=29497 I hope it helps, Fidel.

            This would be very helpful to us. We use links extensively and have many different types, but only several pertain to any particular project. Our list of link types is quite long and error prone to selecting links that don't apply to the current project.

            Brent Lewis added a comment - This would be very helpful to us. We use links extensively and have many different types, but only several pertain to any particular project. Our list of link types is quite long and error prone to selecting links that don't apply to the current project.

            An "Issue Type Link Scheme" that could be applied to a project would be very very useful (if supported by edit/search capability). (I imagine it would probably be composed of discrete Link Schemes)

            Currently the links are very freeform - yet they are a critical piece of metadata for some of our operations e.g. linking a production problem record to a bug. This is a problem where some users might create inappropriate links, and we can't even create a simple filter based on Links in order to do sanity checks.

            Josh Goodall added a comment - An "Issue Type Link Scheme" that could be applied to a project would be very very useful (if supported by edit/search capability). (I imagine it would probably be composed of discrete Link Schemes) Currently the links are very freeform - yet they are a critical piece of metadata for some of our operations e.g. linking a production problem record to a bug. This is a problem where some users might create inappropriate links, and we can't even create a simple filter based on Links in order to do sanity checks.

            AntonA added a comment -

            Thanks for the clarification. I hope you do not mind, but I put the summary into JIRA speak for easier searching.

            AntonA added a comment - Thanks for the clarification. I hope you do not mind, but I put the summary into JIRA speak for easier searching.

            Sorry for the delays in responding
            I would like to limit the types of relationships that can be made between specific

            I would like to be able to define that a
            'supports' relationship
            can be from a 'requirement' to a 'task'
            can be from a 'enhancement' to a 'task'
            'duplucateOf' relationship
            can be from a 'bug' to a 'bug'

            etc
            so I would like the system to limit the choices available to the UI, and restrict the issues type that can be linked.

            Michael Skells added a comment - Sorry for the delays in responding I would like to limit the types of relationships that can be made between specific I would like to be able to define that a 'supports' relationship can be from a 'requirement' to a 'task' can be from a 'enhancement' to a 'task' 'duplucateOf' relationship can be from a 'bug' to a 'bug' etc so I would like the system to limit the choices available to the UI, and restrict the issues type that can be linked.

            AntonA added a comment -

            Hi Michael,

            Do you mean that you would like to restrict what Issue Links type appear on certain issues? If so, on what criteria should the restriction be made?

            Or would you like to resrict what issue scan be linked together? If so, how would you like the restriction to be specified?

            Thanks,
            Anton

            AntonA added a comment - Hi Michael, Do you mean that you would like to restrict what Issue Links type appear on certain issues? If so, on what criteria should the restriction be made? Or would you like to resrict what issue scan be linked together? If so, how would you like the restriction to be specified? Thanks, Anton

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