Jira Product Discovery: Link opportunities to solutions
Connect opportunities and solutions in Jira Product Discovery by configuring a Connection field, then adding the relationship in an idea’s Connections tab.
Connections require Premium and space-admin setup. Keep them distinct from Delivery links: an opportunity-to-solution relationship expresses discovery reasoning, while delivery links track implementation work.
Step-by-step guide
Create the relevant idea types
As a Creator with Administer space permission, open the space’s More options → Space Settings → Types and workflows. Add Opportunity and Solution types if they do not already exist. Agree on how each differs before changing existing idea classifications.
Create the connection field
Beside the needed type, choose Settings → Connection settings → Create connection field. Fill the required fields and Create. The documented creation workflow requires a space admin and Premium; editing relationships on an idea requires Create and edit permission.
Enable and populate the connection
Open the opportunity idea’s Connections tab. If necessary, use the connection name’s More options → Configure tab, enable the new connection and Save. Link an actual solution, such as linking “Users cannot identify failed exports” to “Expose export failure details.”
Inspect the relationship from a view
Add the connection field to a view and verify that the intended opportunity and solution are connected. Use this data in grouped or tree views, while keeping implementation epics in Delivery. Avoid a relationship so broad that every idea connects to every opportunity.
Common mistakes
Using a delivery epic as the discovery model
Delivery links and idea connections answer different questions. Preserve the opportunity-solution relationship before connecting its chosen implementation work.
Sources and verification
Based on product documentation checked on 2026-11-04. This is a documentation-based guide, not a hands-on benchmark. Features and availability can change.