Jira automation - Populate Epic when Stories are linked

[louise.simmonds]

Hi,

I'd like to automate the following:

• When a Story A is linked to Story B (relates to)
• If Story B does not have an Epic linked
• Then automatically link Story B to the same Epic as Story A

I'm struggling to figure this out but hopefully it can be done!

Thanks in advance :-) 

[Mark Segall]

Hi @louise.simmonds - This is possible.  However, the challenge with Relates To is that it's impossible to identify the source/target of the link vs other link types (Blocks/Is Blocked By, Clones/Is Cloned By). 

You could do something like this:

• TRIGGER: Issue Linked
• BRANCH (Current Issue)
  • CONDITION: Epic Link IS EMPTY
  • ACTION: Edit Issue (Epic Link)
    • {{destinationIssue.Epic Link}}
• BRANCH (Destination Issue)
  • CONDITION: Epic Link IS EMPTY
  • ACTION: Edit Issue (Epic Link)
    • {{issue.Epic Link}}

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @louise.simmonds 

Yes, and...to Mark's answer:

Please consider adding a couple of additional conditions on epic link (testing for not empty) before the edits.  That will avoid attempts to link to an empty link and so reduce "noise" in the issue history.

Kind regards,
Bill