How do I link a sub-task to other sub-tasks that are present in the same issue using Automation?

[Siva Tejadheep Veera Boina]

First I manually trigger a defect and it will create 5 sub-tasks like reproduce, root cause, fix, updates and validate. Now I want to link root cause blocked by reproduce, fix blocked by reproduce, updates blocked by reproduce and validate blocked by reproduce, root cause, fix and updates.

I created a variable for reproduce subtask. I named it as reproducekey and used this '{{createdIssue.key}}' in smart value. I used this reproducekey in link issues. But the subtasks are linking to the parent defect

[Hariharan Iyer]

Hi @Siva Tejadheep Veera Boina ,

You can use a JSON update statement in "Additional Fields" to set this up. An example JSON to use with reproducekey would be

{
"update": {
"issuelinks": [
{
"add": {
"type": {
"name": "Blocks"
},
"inwardIssue": {
"key": "{{reproducekey}}"
}
}
}
]
}
}

You will have to set up similar variables for rckey, fixkey and updatekey to link in the validate ticket.

Hope that helps!

~ Hariharan