Inherit value from parent in Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy

Use case

Inherit the value of a field of a parent issue that belongs to the upper levels of the Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy when an issue is added under it.

Configuration

Create a new rule and name it appropriately.

Field changed event

Add a Trigger → Field Changed Event

Field

Choose Parent Link

Changed to

Choose Any value

Boolean condition

Add a Condition → Boolean Condition

Expression

Introduce a boolean condition as the following one.

%{trigger.issue.project.key} = "PKEY"

Although it is not essential, a boolean condition can be useful to restrict the scope of the automation rule.

Update field action

Next to Issue selector click on Add → Action → Update Field

Field

Choose Priority

Update to

Choose Value returned by parsed expression

Parser Expression

Introduce the following expression in the expression editor in Advanced text mode.

first(fieldValue(%{trigger.issue.priority}, parent()))

Import rule

Import the JSON file below to get started in no time.

JSON

After importing the JSON file, make sure to check the configuration of the rule. Non-existing configuration elements (issue types, fields, values etc.) will be highlighted.

{
    "name": "Inherit value from parent in Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy",
    "description": "Inherit the value of a field of a parent issue that belongs to the upper levels of the Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy when an issue is added under it.",
    "creator": "admin",
    "status": false,
    "triggerData": "",
    "triggerType": "FIELD_CHANGED_EVENT",
    "configuration": {
        "refs": [
            "issue",
            "system",
            "trigger.issue",
            "trigger.parent"
        ],
        "fieldId": "10009",
        "option": "any",
        "triggerType": ""
    },
    "children": [
        {
            "sequence": 0,
            "type": "BOOLEAN_CONDITION",
            "ruleEntityType": "CONDITION",
            "configuration": {
                "refs": [
                    "issue",
                    "project",
                    "system",
                    "trigger",
                    "trigger.issue",
                    "trigger.parent"
                ],
                "expression": "%{trigger.issue.project.key} = \"KP\"",
                "expressionParsingMode": "logical",
                "actingUser": "field_00020"
            },
            "children": [
                {
                    "sequence": 0,
                    "type": "UPDATE_FIELD",
                    "ruleEntityType": "ACTION",
                    "configuration": {
                        "refs": [
                            "issue",
                            "project",
                            "system",
                            "trigger",
                            "trigger.issue",
                            "trigger.parent"
                        ],
                        "fieldId": "00017",
                        "mode": "parser",
                        "value": "first(fieldValue(%{trigger.issue.priority}, parent()))",
                        "valueParsingMode": "textAdvanced",
                        "sendMail": "true",
                        "actingUser": "field_00020"
                    },
                    "children": null,
                    "hasChildren": false
                }
            ],
            "hasChildren": true
        }
    ],
    "hasChildren": true
}

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