Automation to clone to multiple projects in a loop

[Rees_ Ian]

I have an Initiative with a small number of child epics. When triggered on the Initiative issue, I want to clone each child Epic into multiple other projects (30).  Is there anyway of doing this other than cloning to each project in a long sequence.

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rees_ Ian 

For an automation-based approach, rules cannot nest-branches at this time.  And so possible approaches would be:

• Branch over the epics, and add 30 clone issue actions (one per project), as you described
• Branch over the epics, and call the REST API bulk create issue endpoint using the Send Web Request action
• Investigate marketplace apps for advanced cloning scenarios

Either of the first two will cause a long-running rule execution, and so perhaps could lead to additional problems that are difficult to clean-up if the rule fails.

Kind regards,
Bill