Looping Transitions & Webhooks

There are different ways to have our app and Jira Automation work together. Read more about how you can integrate Deep Clone for Jira in your automated workflows.

How to Trigger Deep Clone From Jira Automation (Company-managed)

If you want to trigger Deep Clone with Jira Automation, we recommend to work with Deep Clone post functions and (global) looping transitions - meaning that the status of origin is also the status of destination.

This is how you can set up a Jira Automation with (global) looping transitions.

1. Add a global looping transition to your workflow.

2. Add a Deep Clone post function to the looping transition.

3. Create a new Jira Automation rule with an action that triggers the looping transition.

   1. Click on “+ add regex to distinguish between multiple transitions to the same status”

   2. Define a transition match with the name of your global looping transition (e.g. Clone), to make sure that the correct transition is triggered.

Now you can trigger a Deep Clone via Jira Automation without changing the status of a work item.

• Read more about creating global looping transitions in the Atlassian Community.

• Read more about Jira workflows in the Atlassian documentation.

• Read more about Jira automation in the Atlassian documentation.

How to Trigger Deep Clone From Jira Automation (Team-managed)

Due to limitations of team-managed spaces (projects) in Jira Cloud, it isn’t possible to add a Jira Post Function Clone to a transition in the workflow. To trigger Deep Clone in a team-managed space, you need to use our Deep Clone for Jira REST API.

Configure Jira Automation

1. Select the wanted trigger for your Jira Automation (and add if-conditions if needed)

2. (Optional) Add if-Conditions

3. Add Send web request action

Configure Deep Clone for Jira REST API Web Request

• Web request URL either:

  • Single Clone: https://deep-clone-for-jira.[REGION].connect.codefortynine.com/clone/rest/single/{originalIssueIdOrKey}

  • Project Clone: https://deep-clone-for-jira.[REGION].connect.codefortynine.com/clone/rest/project

  • Rank Work item:https://deep-clone-for-jira.[REGION].connect.codefortynine.com/clone/rest/rank/clonedIssuesRank

• Headers (optional)

  • content-type: application/json

  • Authorization: Basic User:Password

    • You can retrieve your User and Password under Apps > Manage Apps > Deep Clone for Jira > REST API

    • You need to encode the “User:Password” string with Base64 and use the encoded string in the Authorization header

• HTTP method: POST

• Web request body: Custom data

  • Add the right JSON body to configure your clone

    • Single Clone (REST API)

    • Space Clone (Project Clone) - REST API

    • Rank Work Items (REST API)

How to Trigger a Jira Automation From Deep Clone (Incoming Webhook)

You can also let Deep Clone trigger a Jira Automation Incoming Webhook on the work items created by Deep Clone. Just create a Webhook (using the first option, “Work items provided in the webhook HTTP POST body”) and adjust Deep Clone with the Webhook URL and adding the Secret at the end of the URL:

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