Using automation, how to create recurring epic, it's tasks, and sub-tasks?

Brinda Tailor

I am trying to resolve a user's request of creating automation for recurring epic and it's children (both hierarchy levels, tasks and sub-tasks). They also need the fields like description, labels, and assignee copied from previous month's epic/task/sub-task. 

I found out how to schedule recurring epics (single hierarchy level) but I am not sure how to copy the entire hierarchy. Is that even possible to do without using any add-on? 

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @Brinda Tailor 

Are you trying to copy an existing Epic with its child issues and their subtasks, or are you trying to create them from scratch?

There are several posts in these communities on this topic. 

 

Here are a few that address the situation of clone an existing Epic:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/Automation-for-Jira-Clone-Epic-Story-and-Sub-tasks/qaq-p/1719652

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Clone-EPIC-amp-Stories-to-New-Epic-and-link-New-Stories-via/qaq-p/2257134

 

And here is one that address creating the Epic from scratch:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Automation-Create-Epic-Stories-and-Sub-tasks/qaq-p/1803339