I need a child issue custom field to be updated with the value from the epic's identical custom field value. Basically, the value in the epic for that custom field needs to be copied to the child issue on the create step.
Before proceeding, I want to restate what I think you're trying to do...
We also have to be aware that there are multiple ways an issue can end up as the child of an Epic. Most commonly:
If all of the above is correct, then it'll be easiest to implement this with two separate rules:
Save and publish both rules. Test them in at least these three scenarios to ensure they work as you intend:
A hidden assumption (using just the above two rules) is that an Epic would have the custom field set before any children were added to it.
Additional rules could be added to enforce that the custom field stays in sync between an Epic and its child issues. Some scenarios:
Additional rules can be added to address the above scenarios, if they are important for your use-case.
Hi @Anna Sosnina , so that I might better assist, is this when the Epic is created or when the story under the epic is created? Also, do we need to b concerned about that field being updated later?
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Hi @Jack Brickey , I need it for when a new issue is created under the already existing epic. If I set a field value on the epic, I need that value to be copied over to every child issue under that epic when I create those child issues. We do not need to be concerned about the field being updated later.
Thank you for responding :)
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Try this...
obviously you will want to edit this to meet your exact needs. Basically what I present above is that when an issue is created, it simply checks to see if there is a parent and if so, it will continue and copy the custom number field from the parent to the current issue. you can add additional conditions to meet your specific needs. Let me know if I can assist further.
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