Hi all,
I would like to automate the Status transition of my Tasks based on the status of their subtasks. There are 4 Status in total: "Blocked", "To Do", "Done", "In Progress".
Here should be the rules:
Is that doable?
Beyond the scope of your question...Please consider using the issue "flag" feature (or other Jira feature) to indicate blocking rather than having a status for that condition.
In my experience, when teams add "Blocked" as a status to their board, they are accepting "blocked" is a normal condition rather than as something which is unusual. And so they are less likely to reduce the number and frequency of blocking things. Instead they grab another work item, increase their amount of work-in-progress (WIP), and so slow down delivery. Using the issue flag instead makes the condition highly visible, and temporary.
Perhaps discuss this with your team and scrum master / coach to learn their thoughts on this approach. Thanks!
And if you are concerned about having the parent issue reflect the progress of the child items, it is also possible to set / clear flags using automation rules.
Kind regards,
Bill
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Hi Aron!
This seems to work, thanks!
One question though: How to enter the conditions on sub-tasks?
For example, how to say if sub-task match status "Blocked"?
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Under "New Condition" there should be option for:
"Related Issue Conditions".
Select Related Issues "Subtasks"
From there there should be a "Condition" box
If you choose any of the JQL option you will get another box for a query
For example:
status = "Done"
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Hi Aaron, thanks a lot! This works exactly as I want it.
Regards
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Siala,
I drew something up for you let me know if this helps. Please note I am on Data Center.
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