Issue Automation - Placeholder Description for specific issue type and epic

[KC Gibson]

I am trying to automate adding a placeholder description for story type issues within a specific Epic. I would like to automate the User Story to be added to the description. 

Currently, I have settings as:
Triggered when issue created;

Condition: if issue equals story AND condition: if epic name contains: Improvement Q3;

Action: edit issue fields (chose description). 

I tried this and it doesn't seem to work. Any help appreciated! 

[Mark Segall · Accepted solution]

Hi @KC Gibson and welcome to the community!

Assuming you're on Jira Cloud, you'll want something like this:

• TRIGGER: Issue Created
• CONDITION: Issue Type = Story
• CONDITION: Related Issues Condition
  
  • Epic
  • Matches specified JQL

  • Epic Name ~ "Improvement Q3"

• ACTION: Edit Issue (Description)
  • Your Placeholder Description

[KC Gibson]

Thanks for the recommendation Mark! 

For epic name, can this pull all epics that say match "Improvement"? 

I tried this but trying to include multiple epics. 

[Mark Segall]

To confirm, you're wanting expand so that it brings in anything prefaced with Improvement? 

If so, you can just change the JQL to this:

Epic Name ~ "Improvement*"

[KC Gibson]

Yes, thank you!