How to configure rule that creates subtasks when a story is created under a certain epic?

Sebastian Brunet

 

I am trying to configure automated rules in my project, but cannot seem to get the simplest rule to work. I see that it fires, but the intended actions are not taken (i.e. subtask creation).

The flow looks like this:

Trigger - Issue Creation

Issue Fields Condition - If Epic Name contains 'X'

Branch - For Current Issue

Then - Create a new subtask with parent == current issue

 

When I create a story under Epic 'X', I expect to see a subtask created but I do not. This flow makes sense to me logically, but clearly I am missing something. 

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Sebastian Brunet -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Context is important for many rule actions, particularly for creating subtasks.

As your your trigger issue is apparently the Story, there is no need to branch.  For example:

• trigger: issue created
• action: re-fetch issue (I recommend always adding this action after the Issue Created trigger to prevent timing problems / errors.)
• condition: issue type equals Story
• condition: the parent Epic is what you expected
• action: create a subtask (The parent will automatically be the trigger issue without the branching.)

 

Kind regards,
Bill