Can a sub-task be added via bulk update

[David J Lucido]

We have begun to require adding junits to all stories/issues/tickets.  I found out I am responsible for adding to stories.  I opened the bulk update and did not see a selection to add sub-tasks. 

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

no....well maybe....well sorta-kinda. :-)

So you certainly cannot add via bulk edit. It is intended to simply edit existing issues, not create issues. However, you could consider doing something creative by incorporating an automation addon like Automation for Jira, Scriptrunner, etc. It would go down something like this....

1. Create an automation routine that would create a sub-task for an issue whenever some trigger, e.g. a unique transition, occurred and I suggest qualifying the trigger with a unique condition so as to avoid the unwanted creation of sub-tasks. Maybe a unique label, e.g. bulk-edit-subtask-create.
2. use bulk update to add the label (or other condition) and invoke the trigger.

As I said this would take some creativity and much protection around the automation.

[David J Lucido]

Thanks for replying. 

Adding the sub-task automation would be place in the workflow?