Is it possible to automatically link tickets between departments via any of the automation features?

Is it possible to automatically link tickets between departments via any of the automation features?

For example is it possible to define an action which sets an association between the 2 tickets when we forward a ticket to another department. I have checked the blueprint transition actions, custom functions etc and I can see that "Associate Type" is a field which can be selected but I couldn't figure out how to tell the system to link specific ticket numbers. I guess that it has to be coded via a custom function but I would rather have it as a more user-friendly action rule which doesn't require you to know Deluge scripting.

I also would rather have a simple transition rule on blueprints which enables me to create a link between tickets on different departments when a status is changed.