Jira Automation - branch to Epic's parent issue (Smart Values or JQL?)

[p0cket0m]

Above Epics we use Initiatives in our issue type hierarchy.

How can I branch to them in Automation to update an Initiave's field when a specific field in the child epic changes? I need the generic parent of an issue. Smart values like issue.parent only seem to return subtask parents.

Example below works for a triggering User Story updating a field in the parent Epic:

Default options in branching do not offer generic parent of any sort of issue. There you can only branch to subtask's story or epic.

Can Smart Values or JQL do this? 

Smart value issue.parent seems not working for this.

[James Navin]

Hi @p0cket0m ,

At the moment I think your best option is to use issue links and then branch over them, as mentioned by @Stefan Salzl.

I have updated AUT-1789  to include your example usage. You can watch that ticket to follow its progress.

Thanks,

James

[Stefan Salzl]

Hi @p0cket0m ,

As far as I know the "hirarchy" in Jira it only consists of EPIC --> Issue --> SubTask

So from my understanding an Epic is the "ultimate possible parent" =D

In order to find a fitting solution:
Could you please provide screenshots of your issues/setting to get a better understanding of your requirement?

Thanks in advance.

Best
Stefan

[p0cket0m]

Hi @Stefan Salzl

We are using Jira Premium with Advanced Roadmaps where you can define hierarchy levels above Epic. We use it for strategic management planning (inspired by SAFe).

But in Automation I cant find a way to refer to the parent Initiative from a triggering Epic change.

There is an option for Advanced branching using smart values. But I dont know how to use it to get the generic parent of an issue.

[Stefan Salzl]

Hi @p0cket0m 

first of all: as an Austrian - nice to see German languge in UI  =D

sooo....to be honest I´m not familiar with Advanced Roadmap and just did a quick research. As it seems to me there is no "out of the box" automation yet in jira. Found a request you could vote up --> Support for Advanced Roadmap fields in Automation for Jira 

From what I saw on Atlassian Support Site: is the following configuration set on your site?

I´ll try to think about the possibilities of fetching the parent initiative.

Best
Stefan

[Stefan Salzl]

Hi @p0cket0m ,

as I could read in other posts in the community the best way would be to use linking between initiatives and epics and then use a branching rule.

There was a similar question:
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Automation-questions/Syncing-a-field-when-changed-from-initiative-to-epics/qaq-p/1497249

Best
Stefan