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Automation Rule - Link to Parent

Anthony Pugliese

Hi,

i am trying to have a rule whereby upon creation of a new Epic, and based on particular criteria, it will automatically link an item to a particular "parent link"/Initiative issue type already created.

i can't seem to do this and may need to be done through the advanced section of the rule builder

my knowledge here is limited and i started drafting the below but pretty sure that is wrong.
in this instance i want to add a parentlink to any created item to ID 781

{"update": {
"issuelinks": [
{
"parentlink": { "id": 781}
},
]
}
}

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @Anthony Pugliese

First thing, I believe the Parent Link field has been deprecated as Atlassian standardized the relationships between issues to use the Parent field.

Next, your question seems to indicate you are using the Free license of Jira. If that is correct, I believe you will not be able to add additional levels to the issue hierarchy as that is only supported for the Premium and Enterprise license levels. And so even if you link the issues by Parent, that will not impact the features like reports and roadmaps for the Free license.

Kind regards,
Bill

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @Anthony Pugliese

First thing, I believe the Parent Link field has been deprecated as Atlassian standardized the relationships between issues to use the Parent field.

Kind regards,
Bill

Anthony Pugliese

thanks Bill

Parent field is fine to use, whatever can be used.....but cannot seem to find a way.
when I select Parent as a field to modify in the rule builder, I do not seem to be able to set an ID to it.

I am using an enterprise account to test my scenario

the options are to link as a parent to the current issue or trigger issue. instead i wish to set it to a defined Initiative

based on that I then proceeded to use the additional area of the rule builder to specifically define this, but i am not sure that is possible?

Bill Sheboy

If you are trying to set that to a specific key in a rule, I believe you will need to first save the key in a Created Variable, and then reference that.

For example:

trigger: issue created
action: re-fetch issue (This is always good to add after the issue created trigger to prevent timing / racetrack problems.)
condition: issue type is epic
action: create variable
- name: varMyInitiativeKey
- smart value: ABC-123 (your key value)
action: edit issue for Parent, typing in {{varMyInitiativeKey}}

When you type in the smart value, it will appear below the field. Select it to use it for the edit.

Anthony Pugliese

@Bill Sheboy

Fantastic!!! that works.
thankyou for the help

Alex_2nfdtf

The workaround with smartvalues is:

Replace the customfield id with the ID of your Parent Link customfield and set the issue you prefer.

{
    "update" : {
        "customfield_15005" : [{"set" : "{{triggerIssue}}"}]
    }
}

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