# How to sync linked records

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**Category:** General Questions\
**Tags:** exalate, jira, migrated\_question\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://community.exalate.com/t/how-to-sync-linked-records/4321 "2024-11-04T06:47:58Z")\
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_Originally asked by Vimalraj Rangasamy on 26 August 2020 [(original question)](https://oldcommunity.exalate.com/questions/11341760)_

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Hi,

I have following requirement.

1. Need to sync linked records to a Defect.  
2. How to manage if the linked record is un-linked and re-linked to another Defect

Thanks

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_Answer by Francis Martens (Exalate) on 26 August 2020_

The first thing you need to achieve is to detect that a link has been created/removed, and this depends on the instance

Can you detail out the details of your Jira (cloud, server - version) …

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#### Comments:

> **Vimalraj Rangasamy commented on 26 August 2020**
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> > Hi Francis,
> 
> I have a local server instance (server1) from which I will sync to cloud instance (cloud1). I believe I can sync a linked record by manually syncing both Defect and linked Event and replica.issueLinks = issue.issueLinks will take care of retaining the link.
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> For the second question, if the link between Defect and Event is removed in server instance (Jira1), will the cloud1 retain the link or Event will be unlinked in cloud?
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> If the Event-1 is unlinked from Defect-1 and linked to Defect-2, can this be synced to cloud1 considering Defect-2 is already synced to cloud1. i.e., Event-1 will be unlinked in Defect-1 and linked to Defect-2 in cloud
> 
> Please assist

> **Francis Martens (Exalate) commented on 28 August 2020**
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> > > For the second question, if the link between Defect and Event is removed in server instance (Jira1), will the cloud1 retain the link or Event will be unlinked in cloud?
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> As told, you need to detect that that link has been removed. This is possible depending on the version of Jira Server. What is the version of Jira Server …

> **Vimalraj Rangasamy commented on 31 August 2020**
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> > Jira server version: 8.1