Get Reference to the to be created issue

Question

I am using Jira automation to stub out "standard" Epics when a new Initiative is created. This is my first of two questions:

* Epics show all child tickets. I find it useful to include a link to open items; e.g., JQL 
"Parent Link"=[insert issue key] AND statusCategory != Done ORDER BY Sprint, Rank
Is there some way to get the key of the to be created issue?
I've tried:* {{createdIssue.key}}
* {{createdissues.get(0).key}}
but am not getting anything returned, presumably, because the issue hasn't been created yet

Thanks in advance!

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Would you please post an image showing the audit log details (under "Show more") for the rule execution?  That may help to explain what you are seeing.

Is the newly created epic in the same Jira project as the one that triggered the rule, or a different project?

If so, is your rule a project-scope or global / multiple project-scope rule?

Rules at a project-scope can create (or clone) issues in any project, but to access an issue (like with the branch), the rule must be global or multiple project-scope.

Steve Tedeschi · Answer

@Bill Sheboy ,

Thanks again for the feedback. Unfortunately, still struggling to work this out.

I updated the initial description and added a branch to try and update without any luck. I tried to also create a subtask of the newly created task and that didn't work either.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Regarding the audit log showing no errors: in many cases when a smart value expression evaluates to null, there is no error.

I am guessing in that Issue Create action, you are trying to add a link to the same issue which is being created.  If so, that is not possible because it has not yet been created and so the {{createdIssue}} smart value is null.

A work-around for that would be to add the value after the create:

* Create the issue, with some token in place for the key.  For example, MYKEYTOKEN.
* sAnd then immediately afterward* Branch to the most recently created issue
* Edit the issue description, setting the value to* {{issue.description.replace("MYKEYTOKEN", issue.key)}}