Automation to Set the Same Parent Epic as a Linked Issue

Question

Hello,

Our company manages Stories and Tasks as related issues.

We would like to set up an automation rule so that when a Task is created and linked to a Story, the Task automatically inherits the Epic from the linked Story.

Is there a way to configure Jira Automation to achieve this?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

I would greatly appreciate any insights or guidance you can provide.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @박예담 -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

What have you tried thus far to solve this need?

If you have a rule that is not working as expected, please post images of the rule, edit issue action, the audit log details, and explain what is not working as expected.  Those will provide context for the community to offer better suggestions.

If you have not started a rule yet, I recommend trying to do so.  Successfully using automation requires learning and experimentation.  And, the Atlassian Community is a place for people to collaborate and learn, not to offer turnkey solutions for specific needs.

To get you started on creating your rule, please refer to these documentation and example sources:

* https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/automation/overview#what-is-automation
* https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/#--issue.parent--
* https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/use-advanced-search-with-jira-query-language-jql/

Kind regards,
Bill

Vishal Biyani_2pr07j · Answer

The way i had thought, it is not working :-(.

박예담 · Answer

@Vishal Biyani

Thank you for your response!

Where should I use the Smart Value?

I’m also curious about which action I should add in the rule to make this work.