Jira automation for stories sharing same epic

[Mahajan, Milind]

In an automation, I want to fetch the parent of the trigger issue and then the child of that fetched parent. Is it doable?

I want to build a Jira automation for a scenario, If a Field is updated on a story, then same field value should be updated on other stories sharing same Epic. 

I can achieve this using two automations but want to know is there any way to do this in one automation?

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mahajan, Milind -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Yes, that is possible in one rule.  An issue's parent key is available in a rule, and using that, you may use a JQL branch to access the other child issues of the same parent for any updates / synchronization.

To get you started on creating your rule, please refer to these documentation and example sources:

• https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/automation/overview#what-is-automation
• https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library#/rule-list?systemLabelId=all&page=1&pageSize=20&sortKey=name&sortOrder=ASC
• https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/
• https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/use-advanced-search-with-jira-query-language-jql/

If you run into challenges with your rule, please post images of your complete rule and the audit log details showing the rule execution, and explain what is not working as you expect.  Those will provide context for the community to offer suggestions.

Kind regards,
Bill