Writing a script to copy part of parent summary to subtask summary.

Elle L.

I am trying to find the best solution to do the following:

When a certain JQL condition is met, grab the first part of the parent case summary and concatenate the subtask summaries. 

Let's say:

The parent summary is "Personal Dashboard - Regression Testing"

And the subtask summaries are 

• Manual Testing
• Automated Testing
• Documentation

And my JQL condition is "issuetype=Story and text ~ "regression testing" "

Then, after the script is executed, I would like the summaries of the subtasks mentioned above to be updated to:

• Manual Testing - Personal Dashboard
• Automated Testing - Personal Dashboard
• Documentation - Personal Dashboard

 

I'm using Jira Cloud and so far have tried using the Automation add on but haven't had any luck. Would using Script Runner be a better option for this use case? Is there a way to do this with the Automation add on? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. 

 

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Hey there Elle, 

You should be able to set the summary of your subtasks by using the String functions. (see https://codebarrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AUTO4J/pages/51691794/Working+with+Strings)

You can loop over the subtasks and set the summary field of the subtask to:

{{issue.summary}} - {{issue.parent.summary.substringBefore("-")}}

Your rule should look something like:

 

Let us know if that works for you!

Cheers,

Mark C