Conditionally change custom date field in a parent epic based on the child story date field

[Keith Pieper]

I have a custom date field "Start Date" and "End Date" for Epics and Stories. Stories get dates assigned manually and change occasionally. Epics do not typically get a date manually assigned.

I want the parent epic to inherit the "Start Date" and "End Date" of the child story when the story date fields are changed, but only change

• the parent Epic start date if the child story start date is less than the existing parent start date (OR it's empty)
• the parent Epic end date if the child story end date is greater than the existing parent end date (OR it's empty)

I've built an automation that appears to work but will not properly populate the date. I suspect I am using the wrong field syntax to pull the correct date field from the child issue that triggered the automation?

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Keith Pieper 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Have you tried using "from Epic" instead of "from Parent" in the condition?

I also find it a bit odd that the log says the trigger issue didn't match the second condition, but it still continued processing the rule. Did you show us all the steps in the rule?

For setting the End Date field in the Epic you would need to use this:

{{triggerIssue.End Date}}

If they are both Date Picker fields, you don't need to add any formatting.

Alternately use the COPY option (instead of SET) and opt to copy the value from the Trigger issue.

[Keith Pieper]

Works perfect. Thanks for the help.