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Micha Kops' Quick Subtasks for Jira application for Server is a really good way to quickly create an arbitrary set of sub-tasks for a given issue in a simple text-based interface. I know I can use the CSV Importer to do the same task, but that process is very cumbersome, and is not practical for everyday use by end users.
Is there a better way to do this in Jira Software Cloud ? The set of sub-tasks is not necessarily a fixed template, it can vary from one story to another. Would appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks.
Here's how to do it without add-ons.
You need to create a label and name it whatever you want, for this example we will call it "MagicLabel"
It will run through and change all the items you bulk edited and will include that subtask. After this was done I ran a search for all the stories with "MagicLabel" in the Labels and bulk edited them, there is an option next to "Change Label" that is "Find and remove these" and put in "MagicLabel" and confirm. This will erase that label from all your stories. Now just go delete the automation or turn it off and you're golden!
Good Luck, I know it seems complicated but it was pretty fast and easy for me.
there is no "best way". it depends on which addon you already have and use.
there are a lot of addon which can do this for you
since automation is free for cloud, you could use it
https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library/software-teams
if you work with other ones like scriptrunner, you can use it
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Thanks Alexander, It looks like that would work if I were trying to create the same set of subtasks every time, but that's not the problem I'm trying to solve. I'm looking for a solution that allows the user to input the specifics of a variable number of subtasks in a simple text format. The CSV Importer supports this, albeit awkwardly. Quick Subtasks supports it almost perfectly, but alas, not on cloud.
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Hi Kelly,
You can use Create on Transition for Jira Cloud app to bulk create subtasks on any transition in the workflow including the Create transition. You can easily configure conditions to determine when a subtask should be created using substitution variables, regex patterns, or JQL queries for even more flexibility. Let me know if you have any questions!
Full disclosure, I'm the product manager for the app.
Thanks,
Nishanth T
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Hi Kelly,
Thank you for your question.
I can confirm that with ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud then it is possible to write a script which can be used to programmatically create multiple subtasks below an issue.
I can confirm we have an example of how to do this in the Adaptavist Script Libray located here and you will be able to take this script and to modify this to help achieve your requirements.
Using this you would be able to take a value which a user has inputted on an issue and to pass this into the logic of your script and to create this number of subtasks.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Kristian
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