Add Watchers from parent to child

Question

Hello Folks,

Whenever a task or subtask is updated/created, The rule should copy all the watchers from epic and add it to triggered issue.

Can someone help to build the Automation Rule?

And, one more query, does {{issue.watcher.emailAddress}} or {{issue.parent.watcher.emailAddress}} really works for Jira Cloud?

Thanks in advance.

Jack Brickey · Answer

Oh and on your second question, I am unsure. Just give it a try.

Jack Brickey · Answer

Hi @Aravindh P , here's an example that you can use to create your rules. I think you will want two rules one triggered when issue is created and another if an issue is updated with a condition that the triggered issue has children.

Jeroen Poismans · Answer

Hi,

That is possible. I have created a rule like this:

When an issue is created it checks whether it is a Task in this case and then removes the watchers that are already on the created Task + Adds the ones from the parent:

Using this Smartvalue:

More info on the Smartvalues can be found here:
https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/

Using this you can easily fine-tune to your usecase.

Jeroen