Automation for Moving Epics to Done when Epic Status it set to Done

Brian Taylor

Is there the ability within JIRA Automation that when an Epic Status is set to "Mark as Done," to change the status to done?  I am trying to come up with a rule that will check to see if all issues are complete and if a user does not move to the status of Done but only changes the Epic stats as "Mark as done to transition the Epic to Done. 

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Brian Taylor 

First thing, I am using Jira Cloud and not Server / Data Center, so I am making a suggestion based on my automation experience.

Back to your question...Yes, that is possible.

The epic status field is not listed in the fields for automation field, drop-down lists.  Instead you would need to access its custom field id to do so.  And, because the field is not in the drop-down, you may need to use the generic Issue Updated trigger, followed by an Advanced Compare Condition on the changelog to see if the field changed.

You may need this to find your custom field for epic status: https://confluence.atlassian.com/automation/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field-993924665.html

Kind regards,
Bill