Create Parent/Child Link When Converting Subtask to Task

[Shelli]

Is there a way to automatically create a parent/child link to the parent task when converting a subtask to a task?  I want to keep the relationship between the subtask and its parent task but need to convert the subtasks so that I can move them to a different project.

[Dan Moore]

@Shelli just wondering if you found a solution for this? We are looking for the same. Need to convert some subtasks to tasks but want them to remain linked to the parent issue.

[arieli]

Hi @Dan Moore , did you find any solution for that?

Thanks!

[brian.g]

Unfortunately it is still a slow and manual process when converting Sub-Tasks to Task, but these are the 6 steps that I use.

1. Convert the parent Task to an Epic ex., "ISSUE-1234" (NOTE: the children Sub-Tasks will still be related)
2. Do a JQL search to find all children of the Epic by searching for anything with “parent = ISSUE-1234” (https://[INSTANCE}].atlassian.net/issues/?jql=parent %3D ISSUE-1234)
3. Bulk “Edit“ to add a label (ex., “ISSUE-1234”) that you can use to find the Sub-Tasks once they loose their parent on conversion to Task
4. Do a JQL search “labels = ISSUE-1234” (https://[INSTANCE}].atlassian.net/issues/?jql=labels %3D ISSUE-1234)
5. Bulk “Move“ to convert from Sub-task to Task (NOTE: this is the step where they will loose their parent, which is why you added the label in previous step)
6. Bulk “Edit” everything with “labels = ISSUE-1234” and add “parent = ISSUE-1234”

I suppose I could try to automate adding the label or relating the converter Sub-Task > Task to the parent it is loosing. 

[Mike Rathwell]

Hi @Shelli 

When you make a sub-task, it's automagically related to its parent. Other issue types aren't. However, you can use any of the existing (or create a new one) link types to link the two tickets. It won't be a "parent/sub" relationship but all the links have an inward and an outward direction so you can have it outward toward what used to be the child task.

mike

[Shelli]

I know the difference between tasks/sub-tasks and links.  What I'm looking for is a way to automatically create a link when I convert a sub-task to a task.

[arieli]

Hi @Shelli did you find a solution for that?

[Amanda Coughlin]

I am wondering this as well. Has anyone found a solution to this yet?

[hen]

We were actually looking for the same - and as far as we found only using scripts (e.g. with Scriptrunner) to fully automate this behavior.