Auto Update Subtask field upon creation based on parent issue

[Iavor Zayn]

Hello community,

I have the following case scenario that i'm fighting with. 
When I create a parent issue (e.g. user story) I populate a field called "Team". 
Once the parent issue is created, subtasks are then created. Each sub-task needs to inherit the team field value from the parent. 
The reason I need it is because we are using one board for two different teams. Each team has it's own swimlane. So I want the subtasks of the parent story to appear in the same swimlane. 

I would be great if you help with the automation of this.

Thank you!

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

Yes this is certainly possible. Have you attempted an automation rule as yet? It would look something like below.

• trigger - issue created
• condition - type = subtask
• condition - any other condition to ensure the action is only executed as desired
• action - edit issue, choose your Team field and choose Copy from parent

[Iavor Zayn]

Thanks! I havent noticed the option to COPY from parent

[Kelly Arrey]

Hi @Iavor Zayn 

Is it a custom field called Team, or is it the Jira built-in Team field?

If it's the Jira built-in Team field, we ran into a problem with this situation because apparently Jira doesn't allow you to assign Team values to sub-issues - Jira "knows" that all sub-issues belong to the Team assigned to the parent.  We went back to our custom Team field when we found out about this the hard way.