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!

[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!