How to create automation to copy "Labels" when there is a change in the Epic/Parent "Labels" field

[Zsofia Rozsa]

Going back to the post by Bill Sheboy on Jun 02, 2022:

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I can't get the code automation to work properly on Labels, i.e. the Labels field is not updating if there's a change in the Epic. Could you advise in on what I might be doing wrong?

[Geethanjali Katagani · Accepted solution]

Hi @Zsofia Rozsa ,

Good day,

The following automation we've implemented is successfully changing the labels of issues related to the epic whenever the labels field value of the parent epic is modified.

I hope this update is helpful to you, let me know if you encounter any issues or have any questions.

Regards,

Geethanjali

[Zsofia Rozsa]

Geethanjali,

I'm having a hard time to getting this to work on Subtask items though - it's not updating based on the parent Labels. Thoughts?

[Geethanjali Katagani]

If you click the three dots on the the right side of the label field, three options will be displayed.

Select the Copy Option>Select copy from trigger issue value in copy options.

[Zsofia Rozsa]

Thank you!

[Francis Batilo]

@Zsofia Rozsa ,

Welcome to Atlassian Community! I'll try to assist you with your inquiry. 

Let me see if I have understood your question properly. So, your objective is to sync all label values from the Epic to its child issues. For example, if a label is added into the Epic, you'll cascade the labels to all issues related to the epic that was updated. Similarly, if a label was deleted, it will be deleted on all issues related to the updated epic.

Is this the goal you're trying to achieve?

Cheers,

Francis

[Zsofia Rozsa]

Correct!