Create new task under epic, when certain label is added to initiative

[anne_gerten]

Hi,

is it possible to automate this:

When "label1" is added to an initiative, then a new task should be added under one of the epics under that initiative. The new task should go under the epic which summary starts with "[inception]".

Thanks!

[Christian · Accepted solution]

Hi Anne

You can do this with automation. Set the trigger as changes to the label field value, then check if the issue is an initiative and that the label is "label 1". From here, use a for branch to look at children epics of the initiative until you find one that contains the string you are looking for in the summary. Then create an issue and set the parent to the epic. It will look something like this:

Let me know if that's clear or if you have any other questions.

Christian

[Christian]

I realize in this screenshot I said the keep the same issue type. You should change that to instead specify "Task". 

[anne_gerten]

Thanks, I just tried it out and it seems to work!

The only problem I see, is that when I add a new label "label2" to the initiative after "label1" was already added, the automation creates another new task under the epic. Can that be avoided somehow?

Thanks again :)  

[anne_gerten]

Found another post that resolves this :) 

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Re-Re-Automation-for-Jira-Trigger-if-certain-label-was/qaq-p/1438772/comment-id/436413#M436413