t would an automation look like to: create a tickets and populace fields from a parent epic?

[John Pfotzer]

I want to set an automation that when I create or update an issue I can pull field data from mu parent epic and populate the same fields in my newly created ticket/issue?

[Alexandra Kirk]

You can do this with a Jira Automation rule by triggering on issue created or updated, then using the Edit issue action with smart values pulled from the parent epic, such as copying fields from the parent issue. This allows you to automatically populate matching fields in the child issue whenever it’s created or updated and helps keep epics and their related tickets in sync without manual effort.

[John Funk]

Hi John,

If you are populating the Parent field for the Epic at the time you are creating your ticket, then you should be able to do that easily enough. 

Create an automation rule based on a Work Item created trigger. 

Add any Conditions that are needed. 

Then add an action for Re-fetch Work item 

Then add an action for Edit Work Item. Select the fields that you want to update. 

Then click on the 3 dots beside each field that you just added and select Copy

Then click on Current Work Item and change it to Parent work item. 

Update and then you should be good to go. Be sure to test it out!