Does anybody has an overview about JIRA Funcionaltiy regarding parent und sub tasks ? Often i need to update a field in Parent task and want it to be updated also in sub task. But there comes no relationship shifted with JIRA for this case ? or any free method to get a better relationship automatic update of fields with same content ??
Not really, it's a very simple relationship.
When you create a sub-task, it will take on attributes of the parent by default if the fields are there.
You get a display of the work logs from child issues rolled up to the parent
That's it really. Off-the-shelf, you can add the "sub-task blocking" condition into your workflows, and if you have Software, parents can transition to done when all the subtasks are complete.
Anything else, you'll need to find/write add-ons for.
but if I fill out the value of the parent field later—does subtask overtake value automatically if field is there.....but sub task was already created ?
what if I activate field in sub task later, when field was already filled out in parent task ? how can I make it than overtake the value of it s parent task ?
No, once the subtask is created, it's an individual issue in its own right. If you want it to pull data from the parent, or update the parent, you need to find or write code that will update the issue according to your rules.
There's quite a few add-ons that can do those things in the marketplace (and ones like the Script Runner give you a huge amount of flexibility in there)
ok,, thanks ..so if my subtask is a linked issue (different issue type) to another issue...also principle is write code to synchronize fields in both issues, or do it manually....the pull data princip works as soon as i did not think properly before setting up links or sub tasks.....so i could have avoided it...thanks again...
There's now a very easy to configure way to keep fields for parents and sub-tasks in sync using Automation for JIRA!
You can easily modify related issues (such as parents, stories, sub-tasks, epics, linked issues and even JQL) using our related issues action and condition:
(this example updates the description, but pretty much any field can be edited)
For more details see https://blog.codebarrel.io/synchronize-parent-and-sub-task-issues-with-automation-for-jira-bdcca6c9d453
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