How do i get epics to automatically link to stories

[Scott Federman]

how to i get epics to automatically link to stories using post function with the JWT plugin?

[Fidel Castro Armario]

Hi @Scottfedm,

In order to link a Story with an Epic you should write into field Epic Link of the Story any of the following values:

• The name of the Epic, which is available in field Epic Name.
• The issue key of the Epic, which is available in field Issue key.

To do it you can use any of the following post-functions:

When executing the post-function at epic's workflow:

• Write field on linked issues or subtasks
• Write field on issues returned by JQL Query or Issue List

When executing the post-function at stories workflow:

• Read fields from linked issues or subtask
• Read field from issues returned by JQL Query or Issue List
• Copy a parsed text to a field

Please, let me know if you need additional help.

[Scott Federman]

Thank you!

I want to do this from the epic level. The Epic name is no issue. But the requirement” The issue key of the Epic, which is available in field Issue key” But how/where do I write the issue key of the epic?

Thank you,

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[Fidel Castro Armario]

Hi @Scottfedm,

I imagine that your Epic will always have a name (i.e. a value in field Epic Name), isn't it?

Please, explain which Stories do you want to link to your Epic, i.e., how do you select the Stories from the Epic? A JQL query? Issues already linked to the Epic through a certain issue link? ...

[Scott Federman]

Currently stories are linked to the epic are linked using epic link so they appear as “issues in epic” section of the ticket. But additionally I want to have them automatically link as children to the epic. How would I do that?

Thank you,

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[Fidel Castro Armario]

You can't turn your Stories sub-tasks of the Epic because they are ordinary issues, and they should be sub-tasks. On the other hand sub-tasks are already created on a parent, and it can't be changed after creation.

Anyway, if you have a custom issue link type called "is father of / is children of", then we can use "Create issue link" automatically link Epic and Stories using it.

[Fidel Castro Armario]

Can this issue be closed?

[Scott Federman]

Yessir. Sorry for the delay. Yes it worked great. Thank you for your help on this.

Thank you,

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[Fidel Castro Armario]

You are welcome :)