Change parent issue if sub-tasks have reached a minumun status?

[Markus]

Lets say i have a workflow with those statuses:
Open - To Do - In Progress - Closed

If all my subtasks reach the status "To Do" i want that the parent issue also moves to "To Do". There are add-ons for this, okay.

But theres a problem:

It might be that some of my sub-tasks are already in "In Progress" or "Closed". The parent issue should only be moved to "To Do" once the last sub-task reached the status "To Do". So a simple If(all my subtasks == "To DO") then move parent issue to "To Do" wont work. 

And theres a second problem:

We use a open workflow so all my statuses use the "All" transition and not a 1:1 or 1:2. Which means it will be hard for the add-on to tell which status comes first, second and so on. 

Is there a solution for this? I mean changing the status of the parent issue by hand is not horrible but it would be nicer if it works automatically.

Regards. 

[David Fischer · Accepted solution]

Hi Markus,

you didn't specify if you're already using any app, but you could certainly achieve this with JMWE using a Transition Parent Issue post-function on all subtask transitions that lead to a status of "In Progress" or "Closed" to trigger an "In Progress" transition on the parent issue, and using a Subtask blocking Condition to prevent the In Progress transition of the parent issue's workflow from working unless all subtasks are in the "In Progress" or "Closed" status.

[Markus]

This add-on is extremely usefull - Thanks!

[Lea Pevzner]

@David Fischer Is there a way to do this without buying the add on? I mean isn't this part of the package we buy? 

[David Fischer]

Standard Jira workflow functionality is very limited. Atlassian relies on third-party vendors to add more functionality. But then, you have the choice between multiple add-ons with varying levels of functionality and prices.

I remember Atlassian saying at Summit a couple of years ago that the average corporate Jira customer had more than 20 add-ons (not all workflow-related of course). That's really the power of Jira (and other Atlassian products) - you can customize it to your needs thanks to the thousands of add-ons available on the Marketplace.