Best way to bulk copy component of parent story to sub-tasks for existing issue?

Question

I have a bunch of stories that have components already set, and all the sub-tasks under those stories have no components set.

I basically want to bulk edit all these existing sub-tasks to inherit their parent story's component.  I was hoping the bulk edit option allowed for smart values, but apparently that's not the case.

I can easily handle doing this for all future sub-tasks via automation, but i have a couple thousand existing sub-tasks I need to update.  I'm sure there's probably a way to build a manual trigger automation rule to do this, but is that really the best/only way (aside from scripting something)?

elizabeth_jones · Answer

Hi, you can bulk edit and change the component. However, this must be done parent story by parent story. I've recently done this for a few hundred epics.

Mark Segall · Answer

Yes that would be a nice feature.  I briefly searched to see if someone has added a feature request, but I haven't found anything.

Heather Barcomb · Answer

Thanks @Mark Segall !

I sure do wish bulk edit allowed for smart values :\