Scriptrunner post function: auto create Subtask and set status to Status of parent ticket

[Rich Wolverton]

We have a long workflow that is creating subtasks at various transitions. We we like to have the subtask inherit the Status of the Parent task at the transition so that it will appear in the same column of on the Board. Seems like a simple action but Status is not on the list of Inheritable system fields.

Looking at adding a hard coded value but not getting the syntax correct.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

This would be quite a complex script.  Possible, but probably not fun to write.

Creating sub-tasks is not hard, and SR has a simple "create sub-task on transition" canned function in it already.

But, Jira sub-tasks are issues in their own right, and therefore have their own workflow, which may or may not be shared with their parent issue.   Workflows all use the "create" transition when they are created, so the sub-tasks you create will start there. 

To make them take the status of the parent, you'll need to create them all, then look at each one, and work out the path through the workflow to where they need to go, then transition them through the transition(s) needed to get there!