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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 parent issue's value.

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



Function

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Use case descriptionWhen the priority is changed, all sub-tasks will be updated accordingly.
Complexity




 Field Changed Event

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Add a Trigger → Field Changed Event


Field*

Choose Priority


Changed to*

Choose Any value



 Issue Selector

Add Selector → Issue Selector → Sub-tasks

No further configuration needed.


 Update Field



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


Field*

Choose Priority


Update to*

Choose Value returned by parsed expression


Parser Expression*

%{trigger.issue.priority}


Both basic and advanced parsing modes work for this expression.





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