Subtask cloning following KB article hits "Parent issue can not be sub-task"

[Tero Tilus]

I followed https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/automation-how-to-clone-tasks-stories-along-with-their-sub-tasks-1235853548.html to set up task+sub-tasks cloning automation.

When I run it, I'm getting "Parent issue ID: 'xxx' / Key: 'XXX-123' can not be sub-task. (issuetype)" where XXX-123 is a sub-task in the clone source. Main task clones fine.

For clone issue after selecting Subtask for Issue type there's two options for "Parent issue": Current issue (which results in above error) and Trigger issue (which results in the sub-task being created under the clone source task, not under the clone target). 

Here's how the clone action looks like

[Kalyan Sattaluri · Accepted solution]

Hello @Tero Tilus 

You need to use {{createdIssue.key}} to reference the recently created task.

Please try and let us know if issues.

Relevant section:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/automation-how-to-clone-tasks-stories-along-with-their-sub-tasks-1235853548.html#:~:text=Now%2C%20for%20the%20%27Parent%20Issue%27%20field%20manually%20type%20in%20the%20smart%20value%20%27%7B%7BcreatedIssue.key%7D%7D%27.%C2%A0

[Tero Tilus]

Thanks!

What I didn't realize is that you aren't restricted to the options of the drop down, but you can (and this case should) type in a custom smart value.

[Tero Tilus]

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