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The Issue selector needs an issue (context) as a starting point.

Therefore it can only be used with the following issue-related event trigger types:

Issue selector configuration

Below you will find a detailed description of each parameter needed to configure the condition.

Target issue(s)

Select the issues that should be collected by the selector. Based on the selection, additional filters can be set for limiting the result.

List of available target issues
  • Parent issue - The parent of the issue triggering the event.
  • Sub-tasks - All sub-tasks of the issue triggering the event.

  • Sibling sub-tasks

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    Sub-tasks under the same parent as the issue triggering the event, excluding the issue which is triggering the event.

  • Linked issues - All issues linked to the issue triggering the event.
  • Linked epic - The epic linked to the issue triggering the event.

  • Issues under epic/ stories

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    All issues linked to the epic triggering the event. Only works if the issue triggering the event is of issue type "Epic".

  • Sibling issues under epic/ sibling stories

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    Issues linked to the same epic as the issue triggering the event. Excluding the issue, which is triggering the event.

  • Issue list expression - All issues returned by a list expression.

Run as

Select the user that will be used to execute this action.

Only issues that this user is able to view (e.g via permissions, security levels) will be selected.


Use Cases and example

TitleAutomated actionJWT featureLabel
Copy the parent issue comments to its sub-tasks

Add comment action


Sum up value in parent issue on field change in sub-tasks

Update field action


Close epic when stories are doneTransition issue action


Automatically close parent when all sub-tasks are doneTransition issue action

STAFF PICK

Reindex linked issues

Reindex issue action


Keep the status of parents and sub-tasks in syncTransition issue action

STAFF PICK

Keep the priority of parents and sub-tasks in syncUpdate field action


Automatically close sub-tasks when parent is completedTransition issue action

STAFF PICK

Close stories when epic is doneTransition issue action


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