Automation rule for Story work status update when task status changes

[Denys Pavlov]

Hello, 

I'm trying to set up a rule for a Story that is linked with respective Tasks as "a parent of" so when at least one Task (that are linked "a child of" the Story) changes its working status to "In progress" the Story would inherit this status as well and become "In progress" too. 

 I tried to configure this as shown on screenshot, but this rule doesn't work and I update the Task status to "In progress" the Story's status doesn't change.  

When I built up the rule for Tasks and Sub-tasks from a suggested template it worked well from 

 But we don't want to use tasks and sub-tasks, as we cannot move sub-tasks on Kanban separately from Tasks. 

 I also attach screenshots of how the Story and Tasks linked. 

Appreciate your assistance with this. 

[Archana Achar · Accepted solution]

Hello @Denys Pavlov,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community!

The automation rule below will work for your scenario. Regardless of which status you move the task work item to, the story status will be inherited from the triggered work item.

Hope this helps!!

Thanks,

Archana

[Denys Pavlov]

Hi Archana, That really helped. Many thanks!

[Archana Achar]

Hi @Denys Pavlov 

I’m glad to hear the solution helped you!! 🙌

Would you kindly accept the answer, so it can help others as well 😊

Regards,

Archana

[Denys Pavlov]

Done, thanks

[Kris Dewachter]

Hi @Denys Pavlov ,

I'm a bit confused about what your automation rule is supposed to do.

If i read it correctly, It currently works as follows:

• It's triggered when the "Task" changes status
• The automation rule checks if it's indeed a "Task"
• The automation rule will find the parent issues (Story) that are in status "In Progress"
• It will change the status of the parent issues (Story) to "In progress" - This is because the "Transition" action is within the branch

I think your "Branch" is looking for the incorrect linked issues. Can you confirm that via the logs?

br,

Kris

[Denys Pavlov]

Hi Kris, 

it seems that i didn't reply to your message 

Please can you check it here? 

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/Re-Automation-rule-for-Story-work-status-update-when-tas/qaq-p/3079963/comment-id/1139528#M1139528

[Denys Pavlov]

Hello, 
thanks for speedy reply to my issue. 

I include the logs for the rule. I see that it's not working, obviously. Can you please suggest any amendments to the rule? 

Thank you. 

[Kris Dewachter]

@Denys Pavlov ,

Something like this should work

Beware that offcourse this only works specifically for the ""In Progress" status. So the possibilities are limited to the transitions defined in your workflow.

Hopefully this helps

br,

Kris

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @Denys Pavlov 

Welcome to the community.

What is not working the transition, can you provide the audit log of the rule.

Note, if the IF clause in the branch is not met, the transition will not execute.