Inheriting Component from Epic to Children when issues are created under Parent Epic

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Grace Collins_8d358t · Answer

Jira doesn't do this out of the box with standard field inheritance, so you'll definitely need an Automation rule. You can trigger the rule when an issue is created or linked to an Epic. Just set a condition to check if the Epic has a Component assigned, and then use the 'Edit Issue' action to copy that value to the child task. It keeps the data consistent and saves the team from manually tagging everything twice.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @AnthonioD

Yes, and...to the suggestions from @Florian Bonniec

Please consider there are many cases to handle a field synch between parent / child work items.  Based upon the level of accuracy and frequency of updates, this will require one-to-many automation rules.  To learn more, please see this article I wrote on field synch / sum scenarios:

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Automation-articles/Automation-concepts-Sum-or-Synch-Fields-with-Parent-and-Child/ba-p/3162890

Kind regards,
Bill

Florian Bonniec · Answer

Hi @AnthonioD

Have you try automation ?

I would trigger it on Field Value change Parent instead of issue created, just in case you assign the parent to the issue later.

So trigger: Value Change (Parent) or Issue Created

Condition: Parent exist

Action: Edit Work Item, Component Copy From Parent.

Regards