Automation - auto create Tasks based on the Field Value

Question

Is it possible to have tasks automatically created when creating an epic and a special field value?

Tasks should be created based on the value of the field "Medium" and each stored medium requires its own tasks

Eran Nir · Answer

Hi @Fabian Lim @Bill Sheboy

When moving a Story (issue type) ticket to Done status, I have a popup window opens.  I would like to add to this window 2 questions like:*Is it A? (Yes/No)*Is it B? (Yes/No)
If one of the questions is answered with Yes and “Done” (the window's button) is clicked, then I need:

* 2 new tasks (issue type= Task) should be automatically created and attached to this origin Story (ticket)

* Tasks name should be the lifter name

* The question text (e.g "Is it A?") that was answered Yes, should be in the description or any other field in the task

* One of the tasks should be set with the label (Label field) “Security” assigned to a specific user.

* The second task should be set with the label (Label field) “Privacy” assigned other specific user

Note: if both questions are answered Yes, then 4 tickets should be created (2 for each).1. Which fields should I use for the Window's questions?2. Can these functionalities be supported? and how?Due to the fact we are using A4J on the lite version should it work?

Fabian Lim · Answer

@Lina

I just put that as an example, you put whatever customfield you need in the JQL.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Lina -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Yes, and...to what @Fabian Lim suggests:

If you have a known number of tasks to create, you could include each one in the rule.  If instead the number of tasks to create is dynamic (e.g. zero to many) based upon your Media field, you could try to use Advanced Branching and list functions in a rule to iterate through them.  Please look here for documentation on that approach: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Automation-articles/Branching-over-smart-values-in-Jira-Automation/ba-p/1741935

You do not note if the Media field is a multiple-select option field or text with delimiters...let's assume it is text separated by commas.  The resulting rule would look something like this:

* trigger: issue created
* condition: issue type is epic
* condition: media field is not empty
* advanced branch: using the media field, split into a list  {{issue.media.split(",")}}* action: create a task and link it to the epic

Kind regards,
Bill