Comments in Jira Core & Service Desk

Types of comments

Sent Comments - Jira Core



OFFno comments will be send
JIRA commentsJIRA comments will be send to remote issue
IssueSYNC comments
only comments from IssueSYNC dedicated tab will be send. If you choose this option additional comments tab will appear on issue screen (matching your synchronization scheme scope - all of your contexts)



Sent Comments - Jira Service Desk


Additional options

Service Desk Internal commentsonly internal comments will be sent to remote JIRA, incoming comments will be added as internal
Service Desk Shared commentsonly shared comments will be sent to remote JIRA, incoming comments will be added as shared
JIRA comments *both internal and shared comments will be sent to remote JIRA, incoming comments will be added as internal




Received Comments


OFFreceived comments will not be added to an issue
JIRA commentsreceived comment will be stored as JIRA native comment
IssueSYNC comments
received comments will be stored as IssueSYNC comment
Service Desk Internal commentsreceived comments will be stored as internal comments
Service Desk Shared commentsreceived comments will be stored as shared comments


Advanced Options

Existing Comments

By default all existing comments (created before CREATE trigger ) are synchronized. Disable this option to not synchronize existing comments in case remote issue is created at later stage (for example with Create Remote Action or on Workflows transition). (It was previously named "All comments synchronization" and it was turned off by default).

Restricted Comments

Your comments may have restrictions that mean they are visible only for given project role or group. That option allows to omit restrictions. 

External (IssueSYNC) Comments Tab Permissions

Permission's are set globally in general configuration:

It affects visibility of 'External Comments' tab on issue. No group selected means no restriction.


Models of comment synchronization

Here are some variations how you can setup comment synchronization.

External Comments Tab active in one JIRA only

External Comments Tab active in both JIRAs

External Comments inactive in both JIRAs