Automate routing one subtask to the next

[Dawn Criswell]

One story has many subtasks that need to be completed in a particular order.

How do I automate when one subtask is complete, it will automatically assign the next subtask to the next assignee?

[John Funk]

Hi Dawn - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

How are you determining the order of the sub-tasks? How would it know when one is next? Maybe by Due Date? 

[Dawn Criswell]

They're numbered currently. Is there an easier way?

[John Funk]

Okay then, you can add some IT/ELSE conditions to check if the Summary contains #1 or #2 or #3, etc. 

[Fazila Ashraf]

@Dawn Criswell , Welcome to community!

May be you could create the next subtask through automation when a sub task goes to complete status?

[Dawn Criswell]

Thanks but not aware of how to do that. Are you suggesting to manually create subtask?

My scenario:

User story

• subtask #1 
• subtask #2
• subtask #3

Subtask #1 complete

Go to subtask #2, including placing subtask with same or different assignee

Subtask #2 complete

Go to subtask #3, including placing subtask with same or different assignee

(moves to diff assignees until last subtask is complete)

Story marked complete

[Fazila Ashraf]

If there is a way to identify the existing second subtask in the automation configuration (may be the subtask 2 is a specific issue type), then this would work.

The approach i originally suggested was to create the subtask 2 with the necessary fields as per your process when the subtask 1 gets resolved. and so on..

[Dawn Criswell]

Thanks! I have added each subtask as a label (such as 1. 2. etc.). I am not an expert, but I know there is a way to do this. Can you help me create the JQL statement? TIA!

[Fazila Ashraf]

@Dawn Criswell , if you want to automate with this label logic, you can make an automation like below