Due Date Automation Help

[Elif Alverson]

Hello, 

I am trying to create an automation for updating the due dates.

We have epics with child tasks and their subtasks. The request is to change the due dates on all these issue types if any of the their due date is changed. For example; if one of the subtask due date is moved up or back , then this change needs to happen on the all the tasks, subtasks and the main epic. If the task due date is changed , move the due date of the subtasks and epic same amount of days up or down. 

Is this doable? If so how?

Thank you.

[Riley Sullivan · Accepted solution]

You could do up or down, might be easier to do at the epic level maybe?

When Value Changes: Duedate > Issue Type equals Epic > Branch rule / related issues 

For Stories (or other issues in Epic) > Edit issue: Duedate copy from Epic Issue

[Elif Alverson]

Thank you for your response. What would the line in Due date below;

[Riley Sullivan]

My pleasure! Hit the three ellipsis dots on the right, change it from set to copy. From there you should be able to select copy from Epic

[Riley Sullivan]

Side note, I learned a lot from the automation library provided by Atlassian and community here:

https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library#/rule-list?systemLabelId=all&page=1&pageSize=20&sortKey=name&sortOrder=ASC:~:text=CLICK%20AND%20PLAY-,Automation,-Create%20rule

[Elif Alverson]

@Riley Sullivan , I created two more queries that I cannot figure out. Would you be able to check them out and let me know if you have any suggestions? It seems these automations are good for tasks under the epics but not for subtasks. 

Thanks you so much!

[Riley Sullivan]

@Elif Alverson You could create another automation just in the reverse if that is what you are looking for.

When Value Changes: Duedate > Issue Type equals Sub-task > Branch rule / related issues For Parent > Edit issue: Duedate copy from Current Issue