Set Epic Link based on issue being created and linked automation

[Kelly McAteer]

I haven't found anything similar to my use case so hopefully my question is clear!

I have installed a third party add-on called QAlity Plus to create and link tests to Jira tasks. What I would like to do is create an automation based on the following:

1. User creates a task in Jira.
2. Once they have created their task, they create a Test (this is configured as a custom standard issue type).
3. Once the Test is created, an Automation is triggered that will set the Epic Link of the Test to the same Epic that the Task is associated with (setting the custom field Epic Link).

Important information:

• when the Test is created, it links to the issue through a custom "is tested by/tests" link.
• Test to issue is always a 1:1 link. However a single issue can have many tests (n:1).

I'm sure this could be achieved through simple automation, but when I look at my audit logs the trigger issue is the created Test. Which isn't an issue until I try to get the Epic Link of the "tests" which I can't figure out how to get.

I've added a ss of my audit log because I've been continuously tweaking my trigger conditions and I'm getting the same result. Any ideas on how I can achieve the above? Thank you!

[Mark Segall · Accepted solution]

Hi @Kelly McAteer - Your rule would look something like this:

• TRIGGER: Issue Linked (Is Tested By/Tests)
• ACTION: Edit Issue (Epic LInk)
  • {{destinationIssue.Epic Link}}

How this works...  In the Issue Linked trigger, you get the following information:

Rule executes when an issue is linked to another issue. {{issue}} will always refer to the source issue, so if ISSUE-A is blocked by ISSUE-B, this rule will execute on ISSUE-B. To access ISSUE-A, use {{destinationIssue}}, and to access the link type, use {{linkType}} (e.g. {{linkType}}

In your case, you would substitute blocked by for is tested by where your Task would take the role of {{destinationIssue}} and your Test would take the role of {{issue}}.  So, as you pointed out, the rule executes against the Test, so you just need to make a call on the {{destinationIssue}} to pull information from the Test.

[Kelly McAteer]

This worked for me thank you!

This is the JSON I got working in the end to update the Epic Link for anyone who is wondering

{
"fields": {
"Epic Link": "{{destinationIssue.Epic Link}}"
}
}

[SKellam]

@Kelly McAteer  @Mark Segall  I am struggling with this problem as well - when I tried the above JSON, I am getting an error on using "fields". Any clues? Only difference in scenario is I am using Xray testing, but still has auto linking when test issue is created through tests/is tested by.