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Move Epic to 'In Progress' when a Sub-task is moved to 'In Progress'?

Dan H_l259rx

Epic -> 3. In Progress
- Story -> 2. In Progress
  - Sub-task -> 1. In Progress

When the Sub-task is moved to 'In Progress' I would like the Story to then transition to 'In Progress' (easy, already done) AND also update the Epic into 'In Progress'.

Can I create a rule to do this using Jira Automation?

Accepted answers

Piotr Zadrożny _Eyzee_

Hi @Dan H

You can create rule similar to following:

Make sure to check "Allow rule trigger" in Rule details to allow rule created by you (the one that transition story) to trigger this one.:

Best,

Piotr

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Piotr Zadrożny _Eyzee_

Hi @Dan H

You can create rule similar to following:

Make sure to check "Allow rule trigger" in Rule details to allow rule created by you (the one that transition story) to trigger this one.:

Best,

Piotr

Sachin Dhamale_o1c5zi

@Dan H

You need to configure rule for parent and epic issue type in the same rule

So when subtask move to in progress status then its parent (Story) and parents Parent (Epic) issue move to in progress status. see the screenshot.

I have configure this and its working fine.

Please Accept the answer if it helps

Thanks,
Sachin

Dan H_l259rx

Thank you! I've created two separate Rules with the second (Story) rule having the 'Allow rule trigger' ticked and this works a charm.

Although it does cause the second Rule to trigger twice (caused by the the Epic transitioning as the final step), no actions are performed here and so everything functions correctly

Mark Christopher Yang

Hi @Sachin Dhamale, this is awesome however, apparently when I entered
issueLink = {{triggerIssue.parent}} and issuetype = Epic, this does not work.

Could the issueLink still be broken? based on https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-25640

Would you be able to advise on any other alternative ways?

Aleyna Yildiz

Still not resolved?

Mark Christopher Yang

Yeah, I deemed this to be unresolved as I followed the steps provided and enabled the automation while also testing the flow. It is still not working on Jira cloud...

Not sure if anyone can help us on this? or @Sachin Dhamale @Piotr Zadrożny _Eyzee_ would you be able to guide us if there's another work around? Thank you in advance