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Use case

Often it is necessary to keep parent issues and sub-tasks in sync. To do so, the following automation rules comes with a handy configuration that automatically updates specific sub-tasks' field values with their corresponding values of their parent issue.

In our use case we want to automatically update the priority field.


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Use case descriptionWhen the priority is changed, all sub-tasks will be updated accordingly.
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Image Modified Field Changed Event

Providing a description will help you to identify what the rule does but this step is optional.

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Create a new rule and name it appropriately.

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Add a trigger and choose the Field Trigger → Field Changed Event

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Field*

Choose Priority


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Changed to*

Choose Any value



Image Modified Issue  Issue Selector

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Add Selector → Issue Selector → Sub-tasks

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No further configuration needed.


Image Modified Update  Update Field

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


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Choose Priority


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Update to*

Choose Value returned by parsed expression


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Parser Expression*

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%{trigger.issue.priority}


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Both basic and advanced parsing modes work for this expression.





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Activate the rule by clicking on the Activate rule button  Image Removed → Image Removed<snippet>



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