Run automation rules on Parent of Epic

[Eliyahu Klein]

I want to run an automation that will change a custom field in the Parent issue of Epic (Initiative).

There is no supporting option in the "Branch rule/Related issue" component.
When I try to make a smart value {{issue.parent.key}} in "Advanced branching" that will reach the parent (as shown in the picture) the rule changes the value in the Epic itself instead of in its parent.

How I set the change in the parent issue?

[Wouter van den Berg]

Hi @Eliyahu Klein

There is a lot changing in regards to Parent information. A lot is deprecated, let alone the fact that you are targeting Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy. I am curious to solve this one and I am already trying out some API calls on the LinkId. 

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-links/#api-rest-api-3-issuelink-linkid-get

Question before I continue. Can I assume that linked Initiatives will always be linked as Parent so the Epic shows Child of? 

[Wouter van den Berg]

If so this could also work. The logic for the rest of the JQL (if issue has more parents) I'll leave to you but I was able to target the parent with this: 

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