Change Status Of Parent Tasks When Certain Sub-tasks Are Changing Status

[Jimmy Guo]

Hello, I would like to have parent task change status when some of the sub-tasks change status from "in progress" to "done". Is this action possible?

In detail, for example ,I have parent task status named stage 1,stage 2....stage 5,etc. And there are sub-tasks created using automation when parent task is created : a,b,c,d,e and f. 

What I want to achieve is that when the subtasks a and b is done, the status of the parent task would automatically change from stage 1 to stage 2; and when subtasks c and d is done, its status would change to stage 3 and so on...

Is this possible in the automation section and what I need to do to achieve all these? Any ideas and best practices / other alternatives would be helpful.

Thanks!

[Valerie Knapp]

Hi @Jimmy Guo , thanks for your post.

I always recommend for this type of automation to check out the Automation library that Atlassian has made available. Generally speaking here, we don't build the rules for you but rather given your situation, either recommend an approach or offer constructive feedback for how to get what you want.

For example, I think you could modify this rule https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library/rules#/rule/140671 for your use case and in the condition, instead of being all sub-tasks in status 'Done', for example, that only sub-tasks A&B are done, and then to advance the parent to the next logical status.

Please can you have a go at creating your rule and test it? Then, you can share with us the results if you still need help.

Best wishes