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Goal | Eliminate repetitive tasks and save time by automatically closing parent tasks | ||||||
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Scenario | When your team has closed all of an issue’s subtasks, the parent issue remains open and someone has to manually move it to
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Components | Linked Transition post function |
How to configure this rule
Create a draft of your project workflow. If you're unsure how to get to this page, follow the onboarding steps in Edit a Jira Workflow. You can then view your workflow in Text or Diagram mode. The steps in this use case represent Diagram mode. If you haven't already, switch the workflow viewer to Diagram mode.
We want to close parent issues when their subtasks are done, so we need to add the rule specifically to when issues transition to the
status. Click the arrow that points to this status to show the transition rule options menu.Status colour Green title DONE We want to add a post function to this transition that runs an automation after the issue has been transitioned to the target status. Select Post Functions from the options list to display the Post Functions tab.
Select Add post function to view all available post functions.
Select the Linked Transition (JSU) post function, and then click Add at the bottom of the page.
We want the parent to automatically close when the last subtask is closed, so we select Parent/Sub-task > The parent of the subtask(s).
Next, we define the workflow and transition that we want to apply to the parent issue we selected. We want to keep this rule simple, so we only want this rule to apply to issues in our JSU project.
We select the workflow that applies to our JSU project and theDonetransition. Any parent issues will be transitioned to
as part of the rule we're configuring.Status colour Green title DONE 
We only want the parent to be transitioned to
if ALL of its subtasks are alsoStatus colour Green title DONE
. We set the conditional status toStatus colour Green title DONE
.Status colour Green title done The remaining fields are optional. All of these fields are described in detail in the Linked Transition post function page of the Configuration Guide.
Now you're ready to save your new post function. Select Add at the bottom of the page.
You can now see a summary of all your post functions applied to this transition. To confirm this new workflow and test it out, you need to publish it. At the top of the page, select Publish Draft. You can choose to save a backup if required before confirming.
Test the post function in the workflow
Now we can test the post function in action!
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