Abstract: Issues are linked to items that are external to the system installation to connect people, teams, and applications, in which users can share issues and search results with each other. Remote issue links connect issue tracking system issues to objects and pages in other instances, such as Web applications. Activity streams show events from all linked applications and third-party applications. In another embodiment, a user is allowed to copy issues from one issue tracking system instance to another. Once an application link is established between the local issue tracking system instance and another, a new issue action, remote copy, appears in a view issue page. The user is prompted to map field values by field names for the issue tracking system's built-in fields and/or to configure default values for required fields. In some embodiments, appropriate permissions are required to set the field value on the target site.