Story Summary with incremental numbers

Valdrin Marmullakaj_k8478k

Hi all,

first of - I'm sorry if there is a similar thread which has the solution for my problem. I gave my best browsing, but I wasn't quite successful.

I want to set up an automation which creates two story tickets upon a sprint started. All tickets should be named "Produce Episode " and then followed by an incrementing number each time a new story is created.
So it would look like this:

 

Sprint 1:
Produce Episode 1
Produce Episode 2

Sprint 2:
Produce Episode 3
Produce Episode 4

etc...

Up until now my automation looks as follows:
1. When Sprint created (for testing reasons I can create a sprint whenever I want; I'll change it to "Start Sprint" later)

2. lookup issues
project = "MISLA" AND summary ~ "Produce Episode" ORDER BY summary DESC

3. create variable
variable name: varProduceEpisode
smart value: {{lookupIssues.first.summary.substringAfterLast("Episode").asNumber.plus(1).Increment}}

4. Create Story
Summary: Produce Episode {{varProduceEpisode}}


Unfortunately, my automation doesn't work correctly and there are no numbers displayed in the summary. Can someone give me a hint in the right direction?

Also: if I want to create automatic subtasks for those two stories, can I just use the "Then" create subtasks?

Thank you in advance!

Valdrin

Adrien Low [ServiceRocket]

Hello @Valdrin Marmullakaj ,

It seems that the issue is with your Create variable action.

Can you please try replacing the value with the below?

• {{lookupIssues.first.summary.subStringAfterLast(" ").asNumber.plus(1)}}

In your value, substringAfterLast("Episode") is returning the space after the word "Episode" instead of the number.

A good tip is to always try to print your variable using the Add value to the audit log action to verify if your variable is indeed returning the expected value:-

Please give it a try and let us know if it helps.

Also: if I want to create automatic subtasks for those two stories, can I just use the "Then" create subtasks?

Yes, this should be doable.

Regards.