Cloning process
Step 1 - Cloning option
In the More menu in any Issue, you can find option Clone issue template.
Clone template option is available for any issue.
If you click on Clone template option, system displays form where issues details can be edited before cloning like in the picture below:
Step 2 - New Template details
In the first section, Template details can be edited before being cloned.
Step 3 - Editing
Additional fields selection
Before cloning, you can change issues values. You can change or remove existing values for all fields visible on the issues list.
Please keep in mind that if you change values in the table, source template issues will be not changed.
Single edit
To change the value, just click on field you want to change and enter new value.
Bulk edit (replacement)
If you want to provide the same value to all linked issues, you can use bulk edit option available for any fields.
To do it - just click on pen-icon, enter the value/values and click on the "Apply to all" button.
As a result, provided value/values are filled in all linked issues.
About Issue Type
For strategy Linked issues cloned to the project where Linked issues already exist, issue type can't be modified - except for the main issue.
For strategy Linked issues cloned to the same project as main issue, issue type can be changed.
Step 4 - Cloning
If the template is ready for being cloned, just click on button and new issues will be created.