Automation to move parent (story) to match furthest back subtask status.

Will Kniffin

Hi all!

I'm trying to write a rule (or set of rules) to transition the parent of multiple subtasks to match the subtask in the furthest left status.

Example: there are 3 subtasks, two are in status C and one is in status A. User transitions the status A subtask from status A to B. The parent of those subtasks should be automatically transitioned from status A to B as well. 

Essentially, the status of the parent should always match the subtask with the least amount of progress (least progress on the workflow).

Thanks so much for any ideas on how to accomplish this!

Mark Segall

Hi @Will Kniffin and welcome to the community!

You should be able to do something like this with If/Else conditions.  For the below example, I'm using a simple workflow of Open, In Progress, and Closed:

• TRIGGER: Issue Transitioned
• CONDITION: Issue Type = Sub-Task
• IF (Related Issues Condition)
  • JQL Issues

  • parent = {{issue.parent}} AND status = Open and status NOT IN ("In Progress", Closed)

  • Some match specified JQL
  • BRANCH (Parent)
    • CONDITION: Status Not Equal Open 
    • ACTION: Transition Issue To Open
• Else (Related Issues Condition)
  • JQL Issues

  • parent = {{issue.parent}} AND status = "In Progress" and status NOT IN (Open, Closed)

  • Some match specified JQL
  • BRANCH (Parent)
    • CONDITION: Status Not Equal In Progress 
    • ACTION: Transition Issue To In Progress
• Else (Related Issues Condition)
  • JQL Issues

  • parent = {{issue.parent}} AND status = Closed and status NOT IN (Open, "In Progress")

  • Some match specified JQL
  • BRANCH (Parent)
    • CONDITION: Status Not Equal Closed 
    • ACTION: Transition Issue To Closed