Create an external link remote action

This action template provides the functionality to add an external link to an issue in a Jira Cloud or Jira on-prem instance.

Configuration

Issue key

The Issue key parameter defines the issue in which the external link should be created.

Link url

The Link URL parameter defines the URL to the external issue which shall be linked.

Link title

The Link title parameter defines the displayed title of the link in the issue.

Link type (optional)

The Link type parameter defines the type of the link to be created. You can set any descriptive text for the type of the link.

Action-specific response options

The response options define values which are taken from the rest response of the executed template.

Value	Description
Link ID	Returns the ID of the new link created by the action.

Other default options like Response body, Response status or Set field value manually are available in any mode in the post function.

Use cases and examples

Use case	Workflow function	Parser functions
Automatically create a version when starting the release	Execute remote action
Automatically create a version when starting the release	Execute remote action
Automatically link an issue to an external one	Execute remote action
Automatically link an issue to an external one	Execute remote action
Automatically log work on a Jira issue	Execute remote action	dateTimeToString()
Automatically log work on a Jira issue	Execute remote action	dateTimeToString()
Clone issue in external instance	Execute remote action
Create a comment on an external Jira ticket	Execute remote action
Create a comment on an external Jira ticket	Execute remote action
Create a component to group issues related to UI design	Execute remote action
Create a new employee account during an onboarding process	Execute remote action
Create a new employee account during an onboarding process	Execute remote action
Create an external project for a new employee during an onboarding process	Execute remote action
Create an external project for a new employee during an onboarding process	Execute remote action
Create an overview page for a software release	Execute remote action
Create an overview page for a software release	Execute remote action
Create a personal space for a new employee	Execute remote action
Create a personal space for a new employee	Execute remote action
Create Confluence page with links to issues	Execute remote action
Get attributes of Assets objects	Execute remote action
Get Checklist	Execute remote action
Get Hubspot contact information	Execute remote action
Get Hubspot contact information	Execute remote action
Link a Jira issue with the corresponding release ticket	Execute remote action
Link a Jira issue with the corresponding release ticket	Execute remote action
Link issue to issue mentioned in its description	Execute remote action	findPattern() first()
Notify the reporter of an issue about its status by a Telegram message	Execute remote action
Read the information from a Trello card	Execute remote action
Read the information from a Trello card	Execute remote action
Retrieve the assets of an issue in Jira cloud	Execute remote action

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Content

Space Tools

Configuration

Action-specific response options

Use cases and examples