Moving issues in a board from one column to the next automatically

Question

Trying to dig and get a better grasp on certain things I am *trying* to visualize as wanting to do with a Jira board. Upon getting issues populated into a board - is there functionality to move an issue through the columns of the board automatically based on the completion of certain subtasks within that parent issue?

For example -

> Issue gets created and in "Not Started" column

> 1st subtask completed and marked as DONE in parent ticket

> Moves to next column on board > "Waiting on X" for continued work

Nicolas Grossi · Accepted Answer

@nicolas_keenan You might take a look at this link: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Automatically-move-issues-from-one-column-to-another/qaq-p/2020351

HTH

Nicolas

Mikael Sandberg · Accepted Answer

Hi @nicolas_keenan,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Yes, that is possible and can be done using automation. If you go to Project settings > Automation and look under Templates there is a rule called "When all child issues are completed → then close parent" that you can start with, just change the status the parent should move to when the child task is moved to done.