Using 'Relation' links as individual items rather than groups

I’ve been playing with ‘Relation’ items and wondering if there is a way to link to individual items by relation type (not as group)?

Currently when adding a relation link, it seems to create a group of linked items. Adding an item to the group links it to all other items within that group. (E.g. if I link Item A to Item B and Item C, all items are linked)

However not all items in the group may be related. E.g.

Item A is directly related to Item B
Item B is directly related to Item C
BUT Item A is not directly related to Item C

It would be great if we can create links between items on an individual basis as it would allow better granularity and mapping between items (similarly to Jira’s ‘Linked issues’ function).

Also I noticed that if we have to add items in all roles in a relation? If it’s only linked to one role is that possible?

Hi Sarah,

We are planning to rework the relations functionality next year. It would be great if you could share an example for both points you mentioned above to provide more clarity.

Cheers,
Shikha