Managing Clone Issue action options

Basics

To manage Clone Issue action options please go to Jira Administration > System > Issues > (Repeating Issues) Clone Issue action

Clone Issue options

Some option have "Status" and "Allow override by user" values:

  • Status - when marked, given option is enabled by default to all repeatings

  • Allow override by user - when marked, the user who creates the repeating will see this option in the form when configure the repeating and can decide whether this option is enabled for this single repeating (e.g. even if the option is enabled by default, user can disable option for single configuration)

'-' value means that given option can be enabled only by administrator and user can't be allowed to override this option.

 

Option

Description

Option

Description

Summary

Summary field template (see Velocity expressions in field values) that will be used when setup new Clone Issue action

Clone sub-tasks

When enabled - sub-tasks from source issue will be cloned as sub-tasks to new cloned issue.

Clone links

When enabled - source issue links (excluding Clone link) will be cloned to new cloned issue.

Clone attachments

When enabled - source issue attachments will be copied to new cloned issue.

Clone watchers

When enabled - source issue watchers will be cloned to new cloned issue. Watchers will receive notifications.

Note that watchers will be cloned only when the repeating had been setup by user who has 'Manage watcher list' permission in the project. Please read the Jira documentation - Managing project permissions on how to edit permissions.

Clone archived version values

When enabled - source issue archived versions (for Fix Version and Affected Version field) will be cloned to new cloned issue.

Clone released version values

When enabled - source issue released versions (for Fix Version and Affected Version field) will be cloned to new cloned issue.

Clone sprint values

When enabled - sprint field values from source issue will be also cloned to new cloned issue.

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