Automation set linked issue status based upon statuscategory of trigger issue

Jack Brickey

I am trying to create an automation that will update the status based upon status transitions of a linked issue in another project. The trick here is that I want to compare the statuscategory of the trigger issue to the status category of linked issues. The reason for this is that trigger issue workflow has many different statues for each statuscategory whereas the linked issue status is simply To Do > In progress > Done.

So basically...

trigger - Issue transitioned

conditions - unimportant here but several exist

branch - linked issues

condition - compare trigger issue statuscategory to linked issue statuscategory 

     If trigger statuscategory = In Progress but linked issue does not then transition linked issue to "In Progress"

     Else if trigger  statuscategory = Done but linked issue does not then transition linked issue to Done

 

Note: I considered simply using "Status" but rule maintainability becomes an issue if statuses change.

 

Jack Brickey

Update...

I think I have figured out the key piece using the below rule as a test. I am opting to use log action rather than actual transition actions during my early testing to keep things simple.

One odd observance here. During my testing I transitioned an issue from In Progress back to To Do status. I would have expected to see in my log action a value of "To Do" however, I saw "New". I don't ever recall seeing new as a statuscategory.

In any event I am moving on to see if I can formulate the entire rule as I need it. I will update here if and when I get it all working.