Is it possible to unify multiple issues to one issue?
Asked by Simon Huprich:

Hi!  

In one of our teams it regulary happens that there are multipe issue (about 5-10) that should be unified to just one ticket. This is necessary because the team has to work with the single issue but the also need a new issue which refers to all single issues.  

It?s like having 3 different issue called "apple", "orange" and "banana" and I want to unify them to a new "fruits" ticket.  

It would be nice to have the opposite of the "split issue" function.  

I already thought about creating manually a new ticket and linking all the other issues to the new one. But in this case all the information still would be spread to every single ticket.  

So, is there a better way?  

Thank you.  
Greetings  
Simon


Answers:
author: Kate Pawlak _Appsvio_
body: Hi [@Simon Huprich](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4425043) ,

As Jack mentioned above, this option is not available natively. You can try our app [Issue Merger PRO for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212656/issue-merger-pro-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) which provides merging functionality, manually as well as automatically. We also released a "lite" version of this app, built on Forge called [Issue Merger for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1226477/issue-merger-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). I recommend you to try them. I hope you'll find them useful :)

Cheers,

[Appsvio team](https://www.appsvio.com/)

comments: author: Simon Huprich
body: Thank you!  
I will check it!  
Greetings


author: Jack Brickey
body: Unfortunately Jira does not currently provide a 'merge' function. The only option is to link them. I do this with duplicate requests. In some instances I will Close the duplicates and add the reporter of those issues as request participants of the one issue I am leaving open. In those cases I would generally add a note from the closed issues to keep the context within the one open issue.

comments: author: Simon Huprich
body: Thank you!


author: Marlene Kegel - codefortynine
body: Hi [@Simon Huprich](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4425043),

I am Marlene from [codefortynine.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/1213041/codefortynine-gmbh)

Another option to merge Jira issues would be our Jira cloud app [Merge Agent for Jira.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219514/merge-agent-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&source=community17)

If you have questions or feedback about our app, don't hestiate to [contact us.](https://codefortynine.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/group/1/create/13)

comments: author: Simon Huprich
body: Hi [@Marlene Kegel - codefortynine](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2498951) ,  

thank you for your answer!  
Is it possible to merge custom fields?  
Is there a limit of how many issue can be merged at once?  

Greetings  
Simon


author: Marlene Kegel - codefortynine
body: You're welcome [@Simon Huprich](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4425043).

* Custom Fields can be merged with Merge Agent for Jira if they have a value.
* There is no limit about how many issues can be merged at once.

You can test Merge Agent for Jira for free for a minimum of 30 days.

If anything doesn't work as expected, please [reach out to us.](https://codefortynine.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/group/1/create/13)


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