On Sub Task creation, how to inherit some fields from Parent (Task)

[Rishabh Jain]

Our tech team creates subtasks for each task raised by the product team, the problem is that they have to create it from scratch.
Can there be a solution basis which whenever a subtask is created it inherits some fields from the task, that will make it easier for them to create multiple subtasks easily.

[Dexter de Vera · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rishabh Jain ,

Yes, you can create Jira automation to copy the field value from the parent of the newly created subtask. You can follow this sample automation:

Create an automation:

When: Issue created

Condition: Issue fields condition - Issuetype equals to subtask

Then: Edit issue -

Choose fields (fields you want to copy from parent)

Click the (...) then COPY

Click the fields then Issue Copy value from "Parent issue"

Hope it helps!

[Dick]

Hi Rishabh,

You can even go as far as making a manually triggered subtask automation, that will complete the copy-actions given by @Dexter de Vera if it is started from the "more" menu in a story. 

That will save your Jira Automation a lot of extra Automation-time, as the automation is only triggered when it is actually needed (as opposed to all issue creation instances).