In Project automation, is an Epic considered a parent issue?

[Daniel R_]

Hi,

I am trying to copy a custom field value from an Epic/parent issue when a new issue is created, I have used the action 

Edit issue
Copy CustomFieldName from Parent issue

But it seems it will not work when the parent issue is an Epic, is this the intended behaviour? Where can I learn more about Project automation, all the information is very dispersed

Edit: also, thank you for your help

[Fabian Lim · Accepted solution]

Hi @Daniel R_

It's not the same. Parent issues is between standard issue types and subtask issue types relationships.

Epic issue relationship is when an issue is set with the epic link.

I hope this helps.

[Tansu Akdeniz]

Hi @Daniel R_ 

Welcome to the community.

As I understand, you would like to copy a custom field value from Epic (parent) when creating a subtask.

In Automation, there is an "Edit Issue" action. Expand "More options" section than manually define JSON to update a value. To get parent value, please use issue.parent syntax. 

Please check this doc for further info.

[Daniel R_]

Hi @Tansu Akdeniz

The Automation rule is already created and working, however it seems it will not work if the parent issue is an Epic

I can see there is another option for Epic issue:

My question is: why does the rule not trigger when the Parent issue is an Epic issue? Are Epic and Parent not the same? And where can I find more information about Jira Project automation?

EDIT: also, what if I want to copy the field from the Parent issue, regardless of what type of issue the Parent it is?

Thank you.