Subtask Automation

[Admin_E3D]

I am currently trying to automate the creation of certain subtasks in a task-creation rule based on Sprint Creation.

The rule is as follows :

1. When a Sprint is Created
2. Create a Story Ticket (create in next sprint/associate with Epic X)
3. Create Subtask (Current Ticket, same project as the Story)

Yet when I create my new sprint, only the Story ticket is created, and the subtask is created unbound from everything else, not housed within any ticket.

How do I correct this so that I automate the creation of sub-tasks so that they automatically fit within their parent ticket with each new sprint created ?

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Admin_E3D -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Based on what you described, your rule is missing a branch. 

The Create Sub-tasks action needs an issue to act upon, and so try making this adjustment:

• trigger: sprint created
• action: create issue for the story
• branch: to most recently created issue
  • action: create sub-tasks

Kind regards,
Bill

[Admin_E3D]

This worked perfectly, thanks Bill ! Not the first time I see you lending assistance to strangers in need on here !

[Marco Brundel]

Hi @Admin_E3D ,

Which action in the automation rule do you use to create the subtask?
Do you use "Create sub-tasks"?

Because you indicate 'the subtask is created unbound from everything else', but in Jira a subtask can only be created under another issue?

And do you have some screenshots of the rule and the created subtask to clarify your question?

greetings, Marco

[Admin_E3D]

Hello Marco,

Thank you for your response, here is a copy of my rule, in French (the language my organisation uses)

Several other stories and their sub-tasks are also meant to be created by the rule, but only the stories end up in my Sprint backlog, and I cannot find the sub-tasks anywhere