Can I create a Parent Issue from the workflow of Subtask workflow.

[Carlos Alvarado]

Hello,

I am trying to use scriptrunner to create a Parent Issue Type from a Subtask issue workflow, and link the issues. Is this a possibility, or can only Parent Issue Workflows create other Parent Issue ticket?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Sub-tasks cannot exist without a parent, so there's actually nowhere to put such a thing.  You can't execute a transition on an issue that does not exist.

[Carlos Alvarado]

Hi Nic, thanks for the reply. I think I may have provided a confusing question above.

Currently I have a workflow built for Parent issue A-1, and once it have been transitioned to "In Progress", A-1 creates subtask B-1. Therefore, subtask B-1 is existing within Parent A-1.

What I would like to do is create a new Parent Issue A-2, but only when subtask B-1 has been resolved. And I would like to link Parent Issue A-2 to subtask B-1.

Is it possible to create a new parent issue A-2 from subtask B-1s completion? 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ok, so it's not really a "parent" you're trying to create.

You can set up an automation that creates a new issue when any issue goes through a specific transition, and set a link on the new issue back to the "trigger" issue while you do it.