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Adding connector lines between Jira issues on the whiteboard helps you visualise the relationships, hierarchies, and dependencies between different pieces of work. These lines can then be turned into issue links in Jira. Any link between two Jira issues created in a whiteboard will update the “Linked issues” field in Jira.
Link Jira issues from your whiteboard
Add Jira issues to your whiteboard. You can do this by:
Connect the Jira issues with a line
Select the line
Select the Link issues button on the floating toolbar
From the drop-down menu that appears, choose the type of link (for example, "blocked by")
To change the direction of the link, select the Reverse icon that appears to the right of the drop-down
Click Link
The line now has a label that shows the link you created in Jira.
Edit links in Jira from your whiteboard
You can edit the links you’ve created from the whiteboard (for example, changing "blocks" to “depends on”). Editing links from the whiteboard will update the link in Jira.
To edit a link:
Select the line between the two Jira issues
Select the Edit link button from the floating toolbar
From the drop-down menu that appears, change the type of link
To change the direction of the link, select the Reverse icon that appears to the right of the drop-down
Select Update
The line label now shows the link you updated in Jira.
Remove links in Jira from your whiteboard
You can remove links between Jira issues by unlinking them. Unlinking issues from the whiteboard will also remove the link in Jira.
To remove a link:
Select the line between the two Jira issues
Select the Edit link button from the floating toolbar
Select the Unlink icon that appears to the right of the drop-down
Select Unlink
The line label is now removed, and the link has been removed in Jira.
You can also remove links from inside Jira. Links removed from inside Jira will also be removed from the whiteboard. Learn more about removing links from Jira.
Deleting and disconnecting lines
Deleting or disconnecting a line doesn’t remove links between issues in Jira. To remove links in Jira, see Remove links in Jira from your whiteboard.