Copy fields from initiative to epics

[Michelle Rose]

I am trying to copy three fields automatically from the initiative to the epic - I am not able to use any branching (see example in screenshots). Do I need to use smart values?

[Rudy Holtkamp]

Hi @Michelle Rose 

Instead of branching on children (which only considers sub-tasks) you should branch on JQL and use this as your JQL to consider all epics under the initiative:

issuekey in portfolioChildIssuesOf("{{triggerissue.key}}") and issuetype = epic

Cheers,

Rudy

Edit: fixed the JQL

[Michelle Rose]

@Rudy Holtkamp I am getting this error message:

[Rudy Holtkamp]

There is a ( too many in the JQL you've used.

You don't need to use () at all if you only use the AND clause.

Only for the function portfolioChildIssuesOf and for the IN clause. You can remove the rest.

[Michelle Rose]

@Rudy Holtkamp Sorry if my screenshot was confusing, I am using the exact syntax from your earlier post: 

portfolioChildIssuesOf("{{triggerissue.key}}") and issuetype = epic

[Michelle Rose]

I don't know why the error log is acting like I have more in the JQL than that

[Michelle Rose]

@Rudy Holtkamp Here's the full automation if this helps:

[Rudy Holtkamp]

Hi @Michelle Rose ,

My apologies, I did not copy paste the whole jql:

issuekey in portfolioChildIssuesOf("{{triggerissue.key}}") and issuetype = epic

[Michelle Rose]

@Rudy Holtkamp Thank you, that worked! How would I write the JQL if I wanted to copy fields from an epic to its children? I tried doing branching and that didn't work, so I am trying JQL instead. 

This is what I have so far and I'm getting error messages:

issuekey in ChildIssuesOf("{{triggerissue.key}}") and issuetype in (task, story, bug)

[Rudy Holtkamp]

@Michelle Rose you made a mistake in the JQL use portfolioChildIssuesOf instead of ChildIssuesOf:

issuekey in portfolioChildIssuesOf("{{triggerissue.key}}") and issuetype in (task, story, bug)