Is there a (native) Jira way to query all existing link types and names?

[SWAPNIL SRIVASTAV]

 Is there a (native) Jira way to query all existing link types and names for an End User? REST APIs excluded. JIRA version - 7.13.5

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

What do you mean by "query all existing link types and names for an end user"?  Links are between issues, they have nothing to do with users (beyond people being able to use them)

[SWAPNIL SRIVASTAV]

Hello @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- ,

Thank you for the response.

If the users know all the links, then only they will be use the most appropriate one. We have a lot of custom links in our instance.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

That does not explain what you mean by "query all existing link types and names for an end user"?

Could you explain that please?

[SWAPNIL SRIVASTAV]

Hello @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- ,

By "query all existing link types and name", I mean , is there any way an end user can see all link types and names. Is there any JQL query or any other approach to do so?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

>is there any way an end user can see all link types and names.

Yes, they will see the list as soon as they try to use the link function when they start to think about linking issues together.

>Is there any JQL query or any other approach to do so?

JQL has some functions that look at links, but you can only search on real data, so your people will have had to use issue links before you can search for them.

[SWAPNIL SRIVASTAV]

Hello @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- ,

Thank you for the response.

List displayed while linking issues only shows the links which are enabled in link scheme of project. The ones which are disabled are not shown.

Yes, I understand that JQL functions like "hasLinks" and "linkedIssuesOf" work on issues and real time data.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

I don't understand the first part of your comment. 

Do you have a question about some part of what has been said before?  Making a statement that uses some words from the rest of the conversation doesn't tell us anything about what you are looking for from the conversation.

[Niranjan]

Hi - REST API is a simple method to get such information. If you want to exclude RESTAPI option for users, you jira admin can run restapi once and document it in a confluence page and make that page available for users. In fact users should be able to see the options in the Linked Issue fields anyways, but if you want to expose the link type ids, you can consider the option of documenting them in confluence.

[SWAPNIL SRIVASTAV]

Hello @Niranjan ,

Thank you for the response.

Using confluence would not be a native solution.

[Niranjan]

Users should be seeing all the links in Linked Issues field, when they try link issues

[SWAPNIL SRIVASTAV]

Hello @Niranjan ,

Thank you for the response.

All links are not visible in Link operation. Only those links are visible which are enabled in the Link Scheme attached to project.

[Niranjan]

Ok @SWAPNIL SRIVASTAV - In that case, I do not think that non-admin users can access the issue linktype data without the intervention of the admin. JIRA admins should document it for users. May be in confluence or create a JIRA issue with issue link types in the description. 

[SWAPNIL SRIVASTAV]

Hello @Niranjan ,

Thank you for the response.