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I want to clone a list of work items with specific labels when I transition an epic

Negar Jalalian
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June 9, 2026

i spent many hours asking Rovo and bot and copilot for help . none of them could help .
what I need to do is :
when I transition an epic to a specific status , I want automation for Jira lookup a JQL and find all work items (either task or subtask) with label = template and clone them and ideally link them to the same epic, in this screenshot I removed my ideal step to link to epic because it didn't work . I reallyyyyyy hope someone can help me 

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Trudy Claspill
Community Champion
June 9, 2026

Hello @Negar Jalalian 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

If you are not getting the results you expect, what results are you actually getting? How do those results not match your expectations?

Please provide a screen image showing the details of the For each step.

Please provide screen images showing all the details in the rule execution audit log for when the rule ran but didn't produce the results you wanted. Make sure you click the ">" characters to expand all the details.

What is the Space scope of the rule? Are the Epic being transitioned in the same Space as the template items you want to clone?

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Connor
Contributor
June 9, 2026

Hi @Negar Jalalian I think you should move your branch to directly after the trigger. Here's a breakdown of what it could look like.

 

  • Trigger: Work item transitioned from Open to Clone Template
    • Condition: Issue type equals Epic
  • Branch flow / related work items: JQL
    • JQL query: Project = BC AND Type IN (Task, Sub-task) AND Labels = Template
  • Action: Clone work item into Business Central (Note: This is nested in the branch)
    • Choose fields to set:
      • Parent: Trigger work item

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