Automation - How to create "manually triggered" tasks under an epic?

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to create manually triggered tasks under one same epic.

I'm able to create a list of tasks with descriptions when manually triggered. The problem is, these are created individually in the board and are not attached to the epic I'm in when triggered.

My log is

- When manually triggered

- Issue type equals: Epic

- Then: create a new Task in Same Project as trigger

Please help :)

unknown · Answer

Hi Fabian and MW,

That works!! thank you

MW_ivmw1m · Answer

Well, your point is right but somehow this works - this screen I posted is from my automation which is triggered on the epic level and it works - it creates a few tasks inside the epic

Fabian Lim · Answer

Thanks for the reminder.  I believe that epics don't have epic links since he is running the rule from the epic.

So what you need to do is use the advanced options then: https://confluence.atlassian.com/automation/advanced-field-editing-993924663.html

where you update the epic link field with the {{triggerIssue.key}}

I hope this helps.

Regards