Creating multiple tasks with the same sub-tasks

[Franklin D. Roosevelt]

I have hundreds of tasks that need to be entered in Jira, and they all require the exact same three sub-tasks. Is there a more efficient way to do this than create task, create sub-task 1, create sub-task 2, create sub-task 3, repeat until my eyes-bleed? Thanks.

[GabrielleJ]

I will use JIRACLI and create a shell script to feed the data.

jira --action createIssue --project "zwork" --type "1" --summary "This is content"

jira --action createIssue --project "ZFIELDS" --type "Sub-task" --summary "This is content." --parent "ZFIELDS-1"

[Franklin D. Roosevelt]

I didn't know that existed. Thanks. Unfortunately, my company doesn't have that component and probably won't for years given how long purchases take to get approved.

[GabrielleJ]

The JIRACLI is just an easy to way to use with the native JIRA Interface. If you want, you can just create your own script to do the same thing.

[Franklin D. Roosevelt]

How would I do that without a CLI? I haven't been able to find anything about scripting JIRA other than how to change interface colors.

[MattS]

You could use Bob Swift's COT add-on to add a post function to the create transition of a specific issue type to also create the subtasks. Or go your own way with the Script Runner add-on

[GabrielleJ]

Take a look at the JIRA REST API doc (https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/). Basically, you will need a script that can do the basic REST calls, like a shell script (curl) or groovy script. That is your best bet. Otherwise, ask your team to purchase the JIRACLI plugins and such.

[Bob Swift OSS (Bob Swift Atlassian Apps)]

JIRA CLI is the best option for your use case - https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JCLI/JIRA+Command+Line+Interface. Here is a how to: https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JCLI/How+to+create+projects+or+sets+of+issues+based+on+a+template .

[Franklin D. Roosevelt]

I'll look into all these things. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.