Setting up automation rules in Jira to update a parent issue's status based on its child issues' statuses is an effective strategy for maintaining project organization and ensuring accurate high-level reporting.
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Status title To Do Trigger - Scheduled every {interval}week. Time may be different depending on project but will be before 7am. It will query for project category and issuetype (Initiative, Epic) in order to reduce the number of issues it targets.
Condition 1 - For each Initiative and Epic it will look at all child issues and determine if ALL Child are in
status categoryStatus title To Do Condition 2 - Checks if the Initiative or Epic and will determine if that issue is NOT in
status categoryStatus title To Do Action - If both conditions are True, the Initiative or Epic will be updated to
.Status title To Do
Status colour Blue title In Progress Trigger - Scheduled every {interval}week. Time may be different depending on project but will be before 7am. It will query for project category and issuetype (Initiative, Epic) in order to reduce the number of issues it targets.
Condition 1 - For each Initiative and Epic it will look at all child issues and determine if ANY Child are in
status categoryStatus colour Blue title In progress Condition 2 - Checks if the Initiative or Epic and will determine if that issue is NOT in
status categoryStatus colour Blue title In Progress Action - If both conditions are True, the Initiative or Epic will be updated to
.Status colour Blue title In Progress
Status colour Green title done Trigger - Scheduled every {interval}.week. Time may be different depending on project but will be before 7am. It will query for project category and issuetype (Initiative, Epic) in order to reduce the number of issues it targets.
Condition 1 - For each Initiative and Epic it will look at all child issues and determine if ALL Child are in
status categoryStatus colour Green title done Condition 2 - Checks if the Initiative or Epic and will determine if that issue is NOT in
status categoryStatus colour Green title done Action - If both conditions are True, the Initiative or Epic will be updated to
.Status colour Green title DONE
Mixed statuses of
andStatus title To Do Status colour Green title DONE Trigger - Scheduled every {interval}.. Time may be different depending on project but will be before 7am. It will query for project category and issuetype (Initiative, Epic) in order to reduce the number of issues it targets.
Condition 1 - For each Initiative and Epic it will look at all child issues and determine if ALL Child are NOT in
status categoryStatus colour Blue title In Progress Condition 2 - Checks if the Initiative or Epic meets the following JQL - "Percent Complete (Issue Count)" !~ 100 and statuscategory != "To Do"
Action - If both conditions are True, the Initiative or Epic will be updated to
.Status title To Do
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