I am currently trying to automate the creation of certain subtasks in a task-creation rule based on Sprint Creation. The rule is as follows : * When a Sprint is Created * Create a Story Ticket (create in next sprint/associate with Epic X) * Create Subtask (Current Ticket, same project as the Story) Yet when I create my new sprint, only the Story ticket is created, and the subtask is created unbound from everything else, not housed within any ticket. How do I correct this so that I automate the creation of sub-tasks so that they automatically fit within their parent ticket with each new sprint created ?

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Subtask Automation

Admin_E3D

I am currently trying to automate the creation of certain subtasks in a task-creation rule based on Sprint Creation.

The rule is as follows :

When a Sprint is Created
Create a Story Ticket (create in next sprint/associate with Epic X)
Create Subtask (Current Ticket, same project as the Story)

Yet when I create my new sprint, only the Story ticket is created, and the subtask is created unbound from everything else, not housed within any ticket.

How do I correct this so that I automate the creation of sub-tasks so that they automatically fit within their parent ticket with each new sprint created ?

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @Admin_E3D -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Based on what you described, your rule is missing a branch.

The Create Sub-tasks action needs an issue to act upon, and so try making this adjustment:

trigger: sprint created
action: create issue for the story
branch: to most recently created issue
- action: create sub-tasks

Kind regards,
Bill

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Marco Brundel

Hi @Admin_E3D ,

Which action in the automation rule do you use to create the subtask?
Do you use "Create sub-tasks"?

Because you indicate 'the subtask is created unbound from everything else', but in Jira a subtask can only be created under another issue?

And do you have some screenshots of the rule and the created subtask to clarify your question?

greetings, Marco

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @Admin_E3D -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Based on what you described, your rule is missing a branch.

The Create Sub-tasks action needs an issue to act upon, and so try making this adjustment:

trigger: sprint created
action: create issue for the story
branch: to most recently created issue
- action: create sub-tasks

Kind regards,
Bill

Admin_E3D

Hello Marco,

Thank you for your response, here is a copy of my rule, in French (the language my organisation uses)

Capture d’écran 2024-02-27 à 09.08.37.png

Several other stories and their sub-tasks are also meant to be created by the rule, but only the stories end up in my Sprint backlog, and I cannot find the sub-tasks anywhere

Admin_E3D

This worked perfectly, thanks Bill ! Not the first time I see you lending assistance to strangers in need on here !

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