During sub task creation, can the parent's summary be included in the sub task summary?

[Jonathan Smith]

Morning,

  I am creating a user management system in JWM for a business group. 

• Parent task = employee name
• Sub tasks = change tasks

When the 50+ sub tasks fire off, they have common language and does not identify WHO the action is for. 

• Sub task example: Remove from X systems.

Is it possible for the sub task summary field to include the parent summary?

• Field = {parent.summary) -The sub task title
• Result: Jonathan Smith - Remove from X systems.

Worst case, I direct the assignees to click up a level and view the parent task... OR we create a redundant field called employee name where it matches the summary...

[Mark Segall · Accepted solution]

Hi @Jonathan Smith - Yes this is totally possible with Jira Automation.  You can do something like this:

• TRIGGER: Issue Created
• CONDITION: Issue Type = Sub-Task
• ACTION: Edit Issue (Summary)
  • {{issue.parent.summary}} - {{issue.summary}}

After the sub-task is created, it will prepend the original summary with the parent summary.

[Jonathan Smith]

Thanks Mark! I'll try this out and see which way the business would rather go.

[Jonathan Smith]

@Mark Segall I created a new branch (for sub tasks) at the bottom of my 50 item automation which edits the summaries to your code; This works perfectly! 

Thanks!

[Jonathan Smith]

Workaround:

1. Created new field called "Business User" (free text)
2. Automation will copy triggered summary into Business User field on sub task. 

I'd still like to know if there is a coding solution for this vs adding a new field.

Cheers.