Automation rule - copy value from latest sub task

[Nadeem Zakir]

Hi,

Is there an automation rule that I can create that takes the value of a previous sub-task custom field and copy it to its parent? 

For example, we have a parent issue with 3 identical sub-tasks and fields.  All issues, parent and sub tasks have a select list called “Result” with the values “Pass, Fail, Ignore”.

Sub task 1 has “result=pass”, sub-task 2 has “result=ignore” and sub-task 3 has “result=fail”.

The value for sub-task 3 (fail) copies itself to the parent issue field.  So both parent and sub-task 3 show the result as fail.  This rule is working fine, copying a value from the latest sub-task to a parent issue.

However, say we drop or delete sub-task 3.  We then want to update the value of the parent result of the last sub task, so in our case, sub-task 2 with result ignore.

Is this possible, any branch rule or clever JQL that can achieve this?

thanks

[Peter DeWitt]

Hey @Jon, Not sure if you have Jira Workflow Toolbox (JWT) but you should be able to do this with that add-on.  There are checks for Boolean Validation as well and Field Initialization.  You could simply use the isn't initialized check to accomplish this.  

-Peter

[Jon]

are there any for cloud? or other ways to do it with out the add on? 

[Joe Pitt]

JIRA Suite Utilities is available on the cloud. It looks like what you actually want is a Condition; the field to be null to allow the transition to be executed. 

[Peter DeWitt]

Thanks Joe, JSU is the other one we use and just as good although the solutions are a bit different.