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How to make the parent issue take on a status of a sub-task based on different sub-task transition.

Dimitry Chewski

I'm not too familiar with scripting but have been doing research where I just want to make sure this is even possible with Groovy.

I've setup the parent issue to follow the transitions of a sub-task. The next step is when that sub-task goes to it's "Done" status, we want that parent issue to transition to the status of a different sub-task under that Parent issue.

Is this even possible with Groovy Scripts? I'm stuck on trying to get the parent issue to take on the status of an entirely different sub-task when that initial sub-task is completed.

Thanks in advance.

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Earl McCutcheon

Hi Damien,

Check out this post , it has a breakdown and examples on how to do this.

Regards,
Earl

Earl McCutcheon

Hi Damien,

I misread your initial question and thanks for the clarification and you actually don't need Groovy script for that and you can set this transition up using JMWE Transition Parent issue post-function in conjunction with the JMWE Subtask blocking Condition:

First add the Transition Parent issue post-function on the "Done" transition to trigger the "Done" transition on the parent when the Chid issue/Sub-task is set to done
Next Set the Subtask blocking condition on the "Done" transition, specifying that all sub-tasks must be in the "Done" status for the parent issue to be transitioned

Regards,
Earl

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Earl McCutcheon

Hi Damien,

Check out this post , it has a breakdown and examples on how to do this.

Regards,
Earl

Dimitry Chewski

Thanks Earl, this is what I was looking for to get me on the right direction.

Damien

Dimitry Chewski

So I jumped into that rabbit hole and realized that most of those scripts require ScriptRunner. Is there any chance you would know if this is doable with just Jira Misc Workflow Extensions add-on?

Earl McCutcheon

Hi Damien,

First add the Transition Parent issue post-function on the "Done" transition to trigger the "Done" transition on the parent when the Chid issue/Sub-task is set to done
Next Set the Subtask blocking condition on the "Done" transition, specifying that all sub-tasks must be in the "Done" status for the parent issue to be transitioned

Regards,
Earl

Dimitry Chewski

Thanks again for all your assistance Earl. So I've actually been able to set that up so far. What I'm ultimately trying to do is probably best explained with an example.

I have a parent issue and two sub-tasks. Sub-task one transitions through the statuses and the parent issue follows along the same transitions except when it reaches "Done". Ideally, when sub-task one hits "Done", we want the parent issue to take on the status of sub-task two and follow along that transition until it is complete. I hope that clarifies what I'm trying to do.

The link you provided seemed to be pushing me in that direction but requires ScriptRunner. I'd like to know how robust JMWE is with the included Groovy scripts. I've done a fair share of testing with the JMWE conditions/validators/post-functions but get stuck at trying to get that parent issue to take on the status of another sub-task at the "Done" transition of the initial sub-task.

Damien

David Fischer

Hi Damien,

you can achieve the same things in ScriptRunner and JMWE using Groovy. But what neither of them will allow you to do is modify the status of an issue without transitioning it.

So, what you need to do is, on the "Done" transition of subtask one, add a Transition Parent Issue post-function but use a "calculated" transition name (or ID) using the "Groovy Script" Transition type. You'll then be able to "calculate" which transition should be triggered on the parent issue, based on its _other_ subtask, to bring it to the desired status.

However, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "follow along that transition until it is complete".

Dimitry Chewski

Thanks David,

The "follow along that transition until it is complete" meaning that the parent issue will change with the transitions of that second sub-task up until it's done unless all other sub-tasks are completed.

I'll give this a try and see what happens but just to confirm, when you say "calculated" transition ID, you mean the ID for the sub-task that the Parent issue will be transitioning to?

Damien

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