Automation to update Parent field when a story is created

[Apryl Harris]

Hello Community,
I am not new to Jira but do not do very much automation. What I am trying to do shouldn't be that difficult. But my automation is failing and I don't understand why. Please help me.

What I want to do:
Upon creating a "Story" in a specific Jira project, I want to automatically add a specific Parent in the Parent field (using Jira's project automation native feature).

Note: PMOREQ-713 is a valid Epic in this project.

Here's my automation:

The automation audit log (failed) says:



Parent field is not being populated. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why this won't work. Seems simple. Help!

Thank you Community!

[Stephen_Lugton · Accepted solution]

Hi @Apryl Harris

It looks like you're over complicating it, you don't need the lookup items step, or the advanced editing.

Taking out lookup step, and entering PMOREQ-713 directly in the Parent field should be sufficient to get it working

[Karan Sachdev]

Thanks @Stephen_Lugton

Just validated this, it works by simply typing in the issue key of the Parent.

Thanks!

[Apryl Harris]

Thanks @Stephen_Lugton

I always try to think KISS (Keep it simple silly). And your simplicity worked!

I was really overcomplicating it!

Again, THANK YOU.

[Karan Sachdev]

Hey @Apryl Harris

Good day!

Could you give it a try by adding a variable after the lookup function that would store the Epic Key? here are some screenshots:

Thanks!

[Apryl Harris]

HI @Karan Sachdev  -

The automation says status = "Success". But the Parent field did not update because the last component of the automation, Edit work item, failed. The error says, "Unable to run this component".

See audit log below:

Below is what I have in the Edit work item component:

I appreciate you helping me resolve this.