automation: search for subtask with same parent

[Dominique Hermens]

When a certain subtask is created, I want it to be linked to its "sister/brother" subtask that contains a certain word in the summary. So I need to find subtasks with the same parent.

I want to make a new branch  in the automation and there I want to use JGL but what do I need to write in there?

For the certain word I use 

summary ~ 'Anhang' and ....

can someone tell me waht the second part looks like?

Thanks in advance!!!

[Charlie Misonne · Accepted solution]

Hi Dominique, welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Can you try this JQL query in you automation branch?

summary ~ 'Anhang' and parent = {{issue.parent.key}}

{{issue.key}} is a smart value and references the parent issue key from the issue triggering the rule. So if your new subtasks triggers the automation parent = {{issue.parent.key}} will return all issues from the same parent as you sub-task

More smart values can be found on Smart values - general 

I hope this helps!

[Dominique Hermens]

the jql section does not like the {{ }}, so when I go on "check query" I can not select it, only when I delete them but that does not work. is there a workaround?

[Charlie Misonne]

But you can save the configuration without pressing "check query" right?

I think it should work like that, it has been a while since I tried this.

[Dominique Hermens]

YES, it works!!! Thank you very much!

[Charlie Misonne]

You're welcome! Glad I could help!

[Karolina Dylewicz]

thanks man! it works :D 

[David Ciran]

Hi @Dominique Hermens,

Firstly, I am aware of the fact you already solved your problem, however, I would still like to mention an app our team developed for similar issues.

If you are fine with a marketplace app, we have created Subtasks Navigation app to view your sibling issues and their description without loading the entire parent nor using the filter. I know it does not exactly answer your question but still it might be a good addition to your toolkit, allowing you to easily find subtasks with the same parent in a new panel called Other Subtasks (view the picture below)

Disclaimer : I am part of the team which developed this app

Subtasks Navigation for Jira

[Dominique Hermens]

Hey David,

thanks for that, unfortunatelly I do not work with Jira for the moment (new job). But I guess this could help others 👍

Kind regards

Dominique