Using Smart Values to Access Epic's Parent (Initiative)

[Steve Tedeschi]

I would like to notify users when a specific condition is met.

I can @mention the Assignee and Reporter on both the Issue and the Issue's Epic, but struggling to notify the Assignee and Reporting on the Epic's Initiative.

Here's the parent child relationship:

ABC-1 is an Initiative

ABC-2 is an Epic

ABC-3 is a Story

ABC-3 is a Story within ABC-2

ABC-2 is an Epic within ABC-1

I can access Issue Assignee/Reporter

assignee: {{assignee}}

reporter: {{reporter}}

I can access the Epic Assignee/Reporter

epic.assignee: {{epic.assignee}}

epic.reporter: {{epic.reporter}}

I cannot access any Initiative properties; I've tried
parent.parent.assignee: {{parent.parent.assignee}}

parent.parent.reporter: {{parent.parent.reporter}}

epic.parent.reporter: {{epic.parent.reporter}}

epic.parent.assignee: {{epic.parent.assignee}}

issue.Epic.parent.key: {{issue.Epic.parent.key}}

issue.Epic.parent.assignee: {{issue.Epic.parent.assignee}}

issue.Epic.parent.reporter: {{issue.Epic.parent.reporter}}

issue.Epic.Parent Link.key: {{issue.Epic.Parent Link.key}}

issue.Epic.ParentLink.assignee: {{issue.Epic.ParentLink.assignee}}

issue.Epic.ParentLink.reporter: {{issue.Epic.ParentLink.reporter}}

Any help is MUCH appreciated!

[Lisa Forstberg · Accepted solution]

Hi @Steve Tedeschi ,

So if something happens with ABC-3 (story) you want both to notify assignee and reporter on the ABC-2 (Epic) and also notify the assignee and reporter of ABC-1 (Initiative)

Maybe this question would help to point you in the right direction : https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Parent-of-a-Parent-Jira-Automation/qaq-p/2616675

/Lisa

[Steve Tedeschi]

@Lisa Forstberg 

Correct:
So if something happens with ABC-3 (story) you want both to notify assignee and reporter on the ABC-2 (Epic) and also notify the assignee and reporter of ABC-1 (Initiative)

While I cannot use that approach / solution, it did give me ideas to solve my question.

Thank you!!!