Question: Automatic subtasks creation

[jmmuguiro@knowtion.biz]

Due to my business operation I need to create two subtasks on EVERY issue I register on my JIRA environment (one for DESIGN activities and one more for TESTING activities).

This represents an administrative overhead for my team, besides there is a human-error risk implied.

My question is, is there a way to create subtask automatically when I create an Issue on JIRA?

If not, what other ways could I take to solve this problem?

Thank you

[JamieA]

Lots of plugins, eg create subtask script from script runner plugin.

[JPB]

Hello Jamie, I have a question about the subtask creation with the post-function script. How can I set the assignee for the subtask when it is created automatically. I tried this in the 'Additional issue actions': issue.assignee = 'anyUser' but it doesn't work, I tried several ways, but no luck, How can I achieve this? Thank you.

[JamieA]

You;ll want: issue.assigneeId = 'someuser' I notice you have tagged "ondemand", presumably that's a mistake?

[JPB]

Yes that was a mistake, I didn't tagged that. I already try that way, with issue.assigneeId, but that didn't work either, the issue is still unassign ,am I doing something wrong?

[JamieA]

worked fine for me, can you attach a screenshot of the configuration, and include version information.

[JPB]

Hi Jamie, can you help me with this question: https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/12261057/answers/12262861 Thank you!

[JPB]

Jira version: 6.3.4
Script Runner version: 3.0.5

confPostFunct.jpg

And this is part of the log that is throwing an error when the parent issue is created, but I don't see a relation with that:

2014-09-29 14:08:50,609 http-bio-8081-exec-13 ERROR --------- /secure/QuickCreateIssue.jspa [jira.event.issue.IssueEventListenerHandler] Exception thrown invoking listener [com.atlassian.jira.event.listeners.mail.MailListener] : null
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.atlassian.jira.event.listeners.mail.MailListener.addMailItems(MailListener.java:137)
        at com.atlassian.jira.event.listeners.mail.MailListener.sendNotification(MailListener.java:97)
        at com.atlassian.jira.event.listeners.mail.MailListener.customEvent(MailListener.java:233)
        at com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.AbstractIssueEventListener.workflowEvent(AbstractIssueEventListener.java:168)
        at com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.IssueEventListenerHandler$IssueEventInvoker.invoke(IssueEventListenerHandler.java:51)
        at com.atlassian.event.internal.AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher$1$1.run(AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher.java:46)
        at com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors$SameThreadExecutorService.execute(MoreExecutors.java:253)
        at com.atlassian.event.internal.AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher.dispatch(AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher.java:101)
        at com.atlassian.event.internal.EventPublisherImpl.invokeListeners(EventPublisherImpl.java:160)
        at com.atlassian.event.internal.EventPublisherImpl.publish(EventPublisherImpl.java:79)
        at com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.DefaultIssueEventManager.publishEvent(DefaultIssueEventManager.java:124)
        at com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.DefaultIssueEventManager.dispatchEvent(DefaultIssueEventManager.java:86)
        at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.function.event.FireIssueEventFunction.execute(FireIssueEventFunction.java:62)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.executeFunction(AbstractWorkflow.java:1050)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.transitionWorkflow(AbstractWorkflow.java:1446)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.initialize(AbstractWorkflow.java:615)
        at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.OSWorkflowManager.createIssue(OSWorkflowManager.java:848)
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssue(DefaultIssueManager.java:681)
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssue(DefaultIssueManager.java:615)
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssueObject(DefaultIssueManager.java:705)
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager$createIssueObject$1.call(Unknown Source)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:45)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.canned.jira.utils.AbstractCloneIssue.doScript(AbstractCloneIssue.groovy:87)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.canned.jira.workflow.postfunctions.CreateSubTask.super$2$doScript(CreateSubTask.groovy)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:90)
        at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:324)
        at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1207)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.invokeMethodOnSuperN(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:128)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.canned.jira.workflow.postfunctions.CreateSubTask.doScript(CreateSubTask.groovy:120)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.canned.CannedScript$doScript$2.call(Unknown Source)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:45)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:116)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.ScriptRunnerImpl.validateAndRunCannedInternal(ScriptRunnerImpl.groovy:368)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.ScriptRunnerImpl.this$2$validateAndRunCannedInternal(ScriptRunnerImpl.groovy)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.ScriptRunnerImpl$this$2$validateAndRunCannedInternal.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:49)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:133)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.ScriptRunnerImpl.runCanned(ScriptRunnerImpl.groovy:331)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.ScriptRunner$runCanned$1.call(Unknown Source)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:45)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.jira.workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction.run(ScriptWorkflowFunction.groovy:80)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.jira.workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction$run$0.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:49)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:133)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:145)
        at com.onresolve.scriptrunner.jira.workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction.execute(ScriptWorkflowFunction.groovy:58)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.executeFunction(AbstractWorkflow.java:1050)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.transitionWorkflow(AbstractWorkflow.java:1446)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.initialize(AbstractWorkflow.java:615)
        at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.OSWorkflowManager.createIssue(OSWorkflowManager.java:848)
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssue(DefaultIssueManager.java:681)
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssue(DefaultIssueManager.java:615)
        at com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.DefaultIssueService.create(DefaultIssueService.java:194)
        at com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.DefaultIssueService.create(DefaultIssueService.java:159)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.hostcomponents.impl.DefaultComponentRegistrar$ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.invoke(DefaultComponentRegistrar.java:129)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy411.create(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.bridge.external.HostComponentFactoryBean$DynamicServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(HostComponentFactoryBean.java:154)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy411.create(Unknown Source)
        at com.atlassian.jira.quickedit.action.QuickCreateIssue.doExecute(QuickCreateIssue.java:277)
        at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:88)
        at webwork.interceptor.DefaultInterceptorChain.proceed(DefaultInterceptorChain.java:39)
        at webwork.interceptor.NestedInterceptorChain.proceed(NestedInterceptorChain.java:31)
        at webwork.interceptor.ChainedInterceptor.intercept(ChainedInterceptor.java:16)
        at webwork.interceptor.DefaultInterceptorChain.proceed(DefaultInterceptorChain.java:35)
        at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:225)
        at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:154)
        at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.service(JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.java:152)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.steps.ChainedFilterStepRunner.doFilter(ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.XContentTypeOptionsNoSniffFilter.doFilter(XContentTypeOptionsNoSniffFilter.java:22)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.jira.tzdetect.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:39)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.jira.baseurl.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:38)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:25)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.mywork.client.filter.ServingRequestsFilter.doFilter(ServingRequestsFilter.java:37)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFixupFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFixupFilter.java:36)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.java:60)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.java:92)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsMatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsMatcherFilter.java:56)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:70)
        at com.atlassian.labs.botkiller.BotKillerFilter.doFilter(BotKillerFilter.java:36)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:78)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.accesslog.AccessLogFilter.executeRequest(AccessLogFilter.java:103)
        at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.accesslog.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:87)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
        at com.atlassian.jira.security.xsrf.XsrfTokenAdditionRequestFilter.doFilter(XsrfTokenAdditionRequestFilter.java:54)