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Getting Started

Getting Started

This guide gets you up and running with Bulk Link & Archive for Jira in under 5 minutes. You will link a small set of issues in bulk to see how the app works end-to-end.

Prerequisites

  • A Jira Cloud instance.

  • Bulk Link & Archive for Jira installed from the Atlassian Marketplace.

  • The Link Issues permission in at least one project (your project admin can grant this via Project Settings > Permissions).

Step 1: Open the bulk link dialog

  1. Open any Jira issue in a project where you have the Link Issues permission.

  2. Click the ... (more actions) menu at the top of the issue.

  3. Select Link Issues in Bulk.

The dialog opens with a link type selector and an input area for issue keys. At the very top of every dialog is a New to this? How <Feature> works link that opens the full docs in a new tab. Handy any time you forget what an option does.

Step 2: Enter your target issues

  1. Select a link type from the dropdown (for example, relates to).

  2. In the text area, paste 2 to 3 issue keys from your project, for example: PROJ-1, PROJ-2, PROJ-3. Keys can be separated by commas, spaces, or newlines.

  3. The app validates each key and shows a count of unique valid keys found.

Step 3: Review and confirm

  1. Click Link N Issues to see the confirmation screen.

  2. The confirmation screen shows the link type and the full list of issues that will be linked.

  3. Click Confirm & Link N Issues to execute.

Keep the dialog open until the operation completes. Links are created in batches, so closing the dialog early may leave some issues unlinked.

Step 4: View the results

A progress bar and per-batch results appear as links are created. When complete, a summary shows how many links were created successfully and any that failed. Failed items can be retried with the Retry N failed button.

You can see all linked issues at a glance in the Link Summary Panel on the issue view. No need to scroll through the issue details.

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