I wanted to clone an Epic, which has Stories, Tasks and Sub-tasks. There are Stories which are implemented by some tasks. i am currently able to Clone Stories , tasks and Sub-tasks But i need help to link issue (implements ) Tasks with original stories also.
As an alternative to Jira Automation that can be sometimes quite limited, I can suggest trying our app Elements Copy & Sync. It allows you to clone epic, stories, tasks and subtasks at once, really easily and without having to struggle with technical Automation rules.
Don't hesitate to check the documentation, it’s really quick and easy to set up.
The app is for free during 30 days (and it stays free under 10 users).
Hi @Sasmita Dash and welcome to the community!
If you're looking for an efficient way to clone an Epic along with its Stories, Tasks, Sub-tasks, and maintain issue links between them, our app Deep Clone for Jira is an excellent solution.
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Hi @Sasmita Dash -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!
Short answer: Scenarios to clone multiple issue type levels (and links) rarely work as expected with automation rules. When one regularly needs such complicated cloning, investigate marketplace apps to help.
There are many community posts describing partial solutions to the cloning scenario you describe, and most require multiple rules and are prone to error / failures. The primary reasons are:
There are open suggestions to make branch processing optionally serial (or at least add a "wait until done" feature). Until those are built, complicated cloning issues with rules is better done with outside tools.
Kind regards,
Bill
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you just need a slight update on Link issue component
The component already works with original stories as you have applied branching with epic's stories and you need to pass newly created issue key for linking
you can try {{createdIssue}} smart variable instead of {{lookup}} one as createdIssue smart variable will give you the key of recently created/cloned issue
Regards,
Leo
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