automation to link status transition between parent and child issue

jennyk
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June 1, 2023

In many occasions i find parent task is still in backlog while it's subtasks are in progress.

I don't want to manually change the status of the parent issue whenever i see it, so i want to build an automation that :

- If a certain sub-task's status is transitioned from backlog to in progress (or closed)

- and if its parent task's status is still backlog,

- the parent task's status automatically changes into in progress

 

is it possible? I want to to write up JQL to only filter the issues with subtasks,  but it seems like JIRA doesnt have a corresponding key to use.

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Marco Brundel
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June 1, 2023

Hi @jennyk ,

Welcome on the Atlassian Community.

With automation for Jira it is possible to create a rule that If the sub-task moves to ‘In Progress’ then move the parent issue to ‘In Progress’ also.

See this example on the atlassian playground.

 

regards, 
Marco

jennyk
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Thanks, it really helped!

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vincenzo_spatafora
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May 3, 2024

@jennyk,

I would like to ask if Is it possible also the way around?

I mean: to create a rule which upon Parent transition to "In Progress" automatically set its first sub-task also to "In Progress" (from Open, its original status).

Thanks in advance, Vincenzo. 

 

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vincenzo_spatafora
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May 3, 2024

Hi @Marco Brundel,

happy to see this post.

Is it possible also the way around?

I mean: to create a rule which upon Parent transition to "In Progress" automatically its first sub-task is set also to "In Progress" (from Open, its original status).

Thanks in advance, Vincenzo. 

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