set epic status to done on issue ark as done

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Hello,

I see a lot of question about this topics (please make it clearer in jira itself!) but the fact that the status of the issue and the status of an epic is not linked is very perturbing.

 

So I try to change our workflow to update the custom field 'epic status' but there is no "custom field update" possibility. And I don"t want to pay for a plugin or to add a script that will be probably outdate to each jira release. So How can I make something that work that help me to work with epic, and when I mark the issue as done, the fu**ng field "epic status' is updated too

Manon Soubies-Camy

Hello @[deleted],

I understand your frustration, epic status vs epic issue status is a tricky one.

You have 3 options to update an epic issue status on Jira Server:

1. Manually
2. Automatically with a free app
3. Automatically with a paid app

Option 1: manually

In the backlog view, right-click on an epic > Mark as Done:

Option 2: automatically with a free app

You can use Automation for Jira - Server Lite. See here to learn more about this app, it will always stay free.

Add a global automation rule:

• Trigger: Issue transitioned (I chose "Done" in this example, but of course you need to adapt it to your epic's workflow)

• Condition: JQL condition, to filter on epics

issuetype = epic

• Action: Edit issue, to update the epic issue status field

{
"fields": {
"Epic Status": { "value": "Done" }
}
}

Option 3: automatically with a paid app

Using Jira Suite Utilities, Jira Misc Workflow Extensions or any other similar app to get the "Update issue custom field" post-function, or ScriptRunner to add a script post-function.

Hope this helps!

- Manon