How to create template for subtasks

[Sunitha Kiranmaye]

I have many stories which have 3 subtasks each. How to create a common template to use it repeatedly. 

[Christopher Skoropada _Appsvio_ · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Community, @Sunitha Kiranmaye 

Does the Story should be also a part of the template or do you need templates just for the subtasks? 

[Sunitha Kiranmaye]

Hi @Christopher Skoropada _Appsvio_ 

I need templates for subtasks alone.

[Christopher Skoropada _Appsvio_]

Jira doesn't have a template feature but there are apps on The Marketplace that can help you. You can try this one: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224664/easy-issue-subtask-templates-for-jira-epics-checklists?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

It's free for up to 10 users. 

[Sunitha Kiranmaye]

Hi Christopher
I tried the similar way to create subtasks template but when I try to create it to my story this error appears up

[Julian Wolf]

Hey Sunitha,

I'm sorry that you're experiencing issues with our app. But we are happy to help!

Please reach out to us via mail (bigeazyapps@seibert-media.net) and append the detailed log that is displayed when you click the more details button.

Alternatively you can schedule a meeting using this link: https://calendly.com/sschmitt/easyissuesubtasktemplates?month=2022-11&date=2022-11-01

Looking forward getting in contact with you!

Cheers

Julian

[Sunitha Kiranmaye]

My question was answered very quickly and immediate response made my solution easy

Thank you 

[Sunitha Kiranmaye]

Hi Julian,
Today when I was trying to create subtasks using the template which I created in a project gave me similar error as yesterday.
Can you help me in fixing it?

Attached the screen shot 

[Hamza Chundrigar]

Hi @Sunitha Kiranmaye 

Without knowing the depth of how you'd like to use issue templates, I can recommend a couple of ways. 

Automation for Jira

You could potentially use Automation for Jira and use something like this:

You could then insert a template text into the description of said issue. This is a basic example, but you're able to get quite "fancy" with it if you wish. For example, you could add more conditions based on certain issue fields within a particular issue type (i.e. story) whereby it prefills different field data when those conditions are satisfied.

The only issue with this approach is that the Description template text overrides what the end-user types when creating the issue. So that is something to consider.

Cloning an issue

You could create a standardized template of a user story with associated template sub-tasks.

Then simply clone the user story and work on it that way when the situation arises.

Jira Add-On

There are many apps on the Atlassian Marketplace that you could as an add-on that would allow you to customize and repeatedly use common templates for different types of issues

Some of those apps are:

• Issue Templates for Jira
• Easy Templates for Jira Issues
• Smart Issue Templates for Jira
• Easy Issue & Subtask Templates for Jira (Epics & Checklists)

I'm sure there are more if you search the marketplace. Those apps I've listed are just the one's I found from a quick search, so I thought I'd drop them for ease of reference and to get you started if you're interested in pursuing this option.

Hope it helps!