Jira automation for Epic Creation including Child-Tasks

[Marc-Anton Weigelt]

Hello,

I am struggling with the creation of Jira automation rule:

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Trigger: Scheduled date/time

Action: Create Epic
Action: Create Task and link to parent

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How do I find / define within the automation rule the parent (name/key/id?) so that I can use it later down the road for linking tasks to it which get created in the same rule?

Preferably without the workaround over branching to get a trigger issue.

Regards,
Marc

[Trudy P Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Marc-Anton Weigelt 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

After the step where you create the Epic, use the Create Variable action to record the issue key of the new Epic.

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-automation-actions/#Create-variable

Then use that variable to set the Parent field in the child story.

[Marc-Anton Weigelt]

Thank you, that worked for me perfectly!

[Rachana Kandlagunta]

Hi can I use the same variable set for multiple stories? @Trudy Claspill thank you 

[Trudy P Claspill]

Hello @Rachana Kandlagunta 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Please start a new Question post and describe your scenario fully. Please provide screen images showing the rule you have created.