How to change all task status inside an epic when epic status is changed

[Vitor Elias]

Hi everyone. So, as per the question above, my question is:

How can I automatically change all the tasks' statuses from all the tasks "inside" an Epic based on the Epic's status?

Example: if I have 3 tasks with "to do" status, but I decide to put the entire Epic as "On Hold", all those tasks would also move to "On Hold".

The trick may be to restore the former statuses when I place the Epic as "In Progress" back again.

Can anyone please help?

Thanks a lot

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Vitor Elias 

You may do what you ask using automation rules.  Please see the template library below for examples:

https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library#/label/all/1453

To restore the prior status values (although I am unclear why you would do this...) you need to store the prior value somehow.  For that, you may need a custom field in each issue.

Best regards,

Bill