AUTOMATION FOR JIRA - Use some part of epic name as variable for issues names

[Albert Cantero]

Hello,

I am currently trying to implement an automated system for certain projects so that the issue creation, which is pretty similar between them, gets automated.

My question is I would like to use part of the epic name (basically the company name) to be informed in the child issues of the epics. 

Example to be clear:

1. I create an epic with the name -> Project for new client, Company A
2. I want child issues to reflect that, for example:
   • Create Android App for Company A
   • Create iOS App for Company B

Can these be achieved in JIRA cloud?

Thanks in advance,

PD: Edited for clarification purposes,

[Alexis Robert · Accepted solution]

Hi @Albert Cantero , 

yes this is possible for Automation, you will need to use a function to match the text you need to keep.

For example, if your Epic has a name like "Company A - Project for a new client", then you know that you want to keep all the text before the character "-".

So you can use this smart value : 

{{issue.Epic Name.substringBefore("-")}}

You can have a look at the documentation on how to manipule text strings : https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/smart-values-text-fields/

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

[Albert Cantero]

Thank you so much! This works!