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Use case

In this use case, several sub-task will be created depending on the frequency of time chosen. A different sub-task will be created for every monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly recurring deadline of a whole year. For example, 12 tickets will be created if the task has 12 recurring deadlines, one for every month of the year, and only 2 if the task has 2 internal deadlines, one for every six months, from the current date.


Prerequisites

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titleSet up custom fields

Create two custom fields to define the frequency and a base date.

Custom fields

Create a Date Picker field and name it Deadline.

Create a Single Select field and name it Frequency.

Add the following options to the field:

  • Monthly
  • Quarterly
  • Half-yearly
  • Yearly





Configuration

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Add a Create issue post function to the workflow transition of your choice.


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Issues to be created

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UI Step

Mode

Choose Multiple issues.


UI Step

Expression

Write an expression using this format with parsing mode in Number.

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getMatchingValue(%{issue.cfFrequency}, ["Monthly", "Quarterly", "Half-yearly", "Yearly"], [12, 4, 2, 1])



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Issue type

Choose Sub-task


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Parent issue

Choose Current issue


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Summary

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"Sub-task with deadline on " + dateToString(addMonths({system.currentDateTime}, (^) * getMatchingValue(%{issue.cfFrequency}, ["Monthly", "Quarterly", "Half-yearly", "Yearly"], [1, 3, 6, 12]), LOCAL), LOCAL, SERVER_LANG)




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Deadline

Set the field Deadline

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addMonths({system.currentDateTime}, (^) * getMatchingValue(%{issue.cfFrequency}, ["Monthly", "Quarterly", "Half-yearly", "Yearly"], [1, 3, 6, 12]), LOCAL)


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Conditional execution

Add a conditional execution to avoid executing the rule with the sub-tasks if they share the workflow with the parent task.

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%{issue.issueType} = "Task"











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JWT feature

Workflow function

Create issue

Parser functionsaddMonths() getMatchingValue() dateToString()
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