Split an automation rule in multiple parts and run the whole sequence of rules

Ward Schwillens_ Schwillie

Hi There,

I have an automation rule that creates Epics and Tasks within the Epics in a project, and also does some other stuff. It's quite good and saving our project manager lot's of work. It results in a nicely structured project setup in Jira: 

Now since there are quite some tasks to be setup in our projects, and I also need to create and use some smart values in this rule, I am nearing the 65 components that are allowed per rule. 

So I heard about splitting automation rules, and that makes sense. This rule is triggered manually. If splitted in multiple parts, how can I have this rule triggered so the parts run in the correct sequence? I did not find a Trigger Rule action that can be used in a component.

Thus my question: how can one manually started automate rule trigger the next one in a last action component, or in any other way. 

Thank you for your insights and suggestions!

Summer is coming 🌞

 

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @Ward Schwillens_ Schwillie 

There is not specific facility for triggering automation rules in a sequence.

Unfortunately I'm not able to get clear text details when I try to zoom in on your rule image to see what you are actually doing in it.

But, generally speaking, what you have to do is add some some flag/custom value into an issue that you created/updated in one rule that can be detected by the trigger or a condition of the next rule in the sequence. So if your rule is creating epics and stories under Epics, you could add a label to the Epics as they are created such that the next rule is triggered by creation of an Epic with a condition to check for the label and create child issues if the label is present.