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Use case

Create a sub-task for each component in your project, you can make use of this function to avoid repetitive tasks when you have multiple components and want to create a sub-task for each.



Function

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Type

Post function

Use case description

Create a sub-task for each component in your project, you can make use of this function to avoid repetitive tasks when you have multiple components and want to create a sub-task for each.  

Complexity



Basic configuration*


Mode*

Choose Multiple issues.


Expression*

toStringList(%{issue.component})



The number of list elements defines the number of issues to be created.



The expression must return a string list.



Issue type*

Choose Selected issue type.


Specific issue type

Choose Sub-task.


Parent issue*

Choose Current issue.

Fields*


Summary*

"Sub-task related to " + ^%+


This is a mandatory field to summarize your issue, and you can also give a summary using field codes.




Describe your issue




Additional fields

Choose from which issue you want to copy the remaining fields from.

If you chose an issue to copy from you would have to choose between the following options (multi-choice is possible):

  • All remaining fields
  • Attachments
  • Comments
  • Issue links


This is an optional parameter where you can define issue links to be created for the new issue that you are currently creating,


  • If you want to copy issue keys of created issues into the field Ephemeral String 3 as a string list. Choose this option.


If you want some conditions that need to be checked before the execution of this post function. add your Boolean expression ( it has to return the value true or false).


Choose which user you want to give permission to execute this post function. By default it is set to the Current user.



After checking if the parameters match this example you can click on add and this is how the post function should look like.

Now that you are familiar with this post function and what it does, you can configure the parameters based on your needs.

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