Using Confiforms to create JIRA Issue under an existing EPIC

[Andre T_]

I am trying to create a new JIRA Issue under an existing EPIC.  But when I try to specify the Issuetype I get an error that the issuetype used is a parent issuetype.  Please help with the Rest API code to add a child issue under an existing EPIC project type.

Thanks!

[Andre T_ · Accepted solution]

Figured it out.  You need to add the Epic link Field as key in order to create an issue under a particular EPIC

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

I believe it is the same as creating a sub-task in Jira - you need to specify the parent issue

See this question and the answer for the details 

[Andre T_]

No, JIRA will throw an error that the issuetype is of type Parent.  Tried that already, didn't work.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

Can you share your findings then? So, others interested, will be “educated” :)

[Andre T_]

Yes, here is what is needed to make the issue creation within an EPIC project work:

{
    "fields": {
       "project":
        {
            "key":  "PRA"
        },
        "customfield_10830": "[entry.JID]",
       "summary": "Issue creation",
       "description": "This enables Issue Creation within EPIC",
       "issuetype": {
          "name": "PRA Requirement"
       },
      "assignee": {"name": "[owner]"},
       "priority": {"name": "Major"}
   },

 }
}

 Important field to note is customfield_10830 which refers to the "EPIC Link" field.  This is a custom field which will have a different number depending on how your JIRA instance has been set up.

The issue type in my case is a custom issuetype, but can refer to a standard issuetype within JIRA.  You need to specify the issue type which will get created under the EPIC hierarchy.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

Thank you for sharing this, so the idea is to get the correct field used for "epic" links and set it to Jira issue key (corresponding to your epic)

Great!

[Andre T_]

That is correct Alex.  :)

[Mandy Kanwar]

Hey Guys, what do we mention in 

"[entry.JID]"

I have tried the name and number both of the EPIC but still getting the error.  

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

The "JID" is the field (name in ConfiForms) where they store Jira issue key (to be used as "EPIC")

Alex