Jira Automation: Linking Sub-Tasks Across Different Parent Tasks

Question

Hi ! i am setting up a new workflow like below

Epic

Task 1                                                                              task 2

sub-task 1                sub - task 2                                   sub- task 3                       sub task 4

Epic (Parent)
├── Task 1 (Child of Epic)
│ ├── Sub-task 1 (Child of Task 1)
│ └── Sub-task 2 (Child of Task 1)
└── Task 2 (Child of Epic)
├── Sub-task 3 (Child of Task 2)
└── Sub-task 4 (Child of Task 2)

Automation Goal

I want to automate the creation of this structure, where:

* Creating an Epic automatically generates Task 1 and Task 2.

* Each Task then auto-generates its respective sub-tasks (as shown above).

* Automatically link Sub-task 1( child of task 1 ) with Sub task 3 (child of task 2)

Current Issue

I have successfully implemented the first two steps, but I'm struggling with how to automatically link Sub-task 1 (child of Task 1) with Sub-task 3 (child of Task 2).

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Abdelhafid CHRIFI -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

For a question like this, context is important for the community to help.  Please post the following:

* what type of project is this: company-managed, team-managed, JPD, etc.
* an image of your complete automation rule in a single image for continuity
* images of any relevant actions / conditions / branches
* an image of the audit log details showing the rule execution
* explain what is not working as expected and why you believe that to be the case

Until we see those...

When creating a work item (previously called "issue"), you may branch to the most recently created one.  If you do that after a Task is created, you may then use the Create Sub-tasks or Create Work Item action to add the Sub-tasks linked to that new Task.  For example:

* action: Create Work Item (for the Task)
* branch: to most recently created work item* action: Create Sub-task
* ...

Kind regards,
Bill