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When you are transitioning an epic, there can be a scenario where you want to create a new epic with all the epic issues copied from the original epic into the same project or a different one. Create Issue post function provides a way of accomplishing this scenario instead of adding all the issues individually to the newly created epic.
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Consider an epic with three issues from an example project:Image Removed
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Scenario A - Copy epic and its issues to a newly created issue within the same project
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Image RemovedImage Added | Step 1As a Jira Administrator or Workflow Administrator: Navigate to the intended workflow. Edit your workflow to create a draft version. (Transition To Do → In progress is considered in this scenario.) Select the Post Functions tab. Add a Create Issue (Bob Swift) post function.
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| Image Added | Step 2Within the Issue Fields screen: Select the Detailed Fields tab. Select the following from the respective list of available options: Click Add to save your changes.
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| Image Added | Step 3Publish your workflow. It is always recommend to save a backup of the previous workflow when prompted. | Image Removed
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| Image Added | Step 4Navigate to the epic from the example project. Transition the epic from To Do to In progress. You notice that the newly created epic contains all the issues created in the Issues in Epic section (similar to the issues in the original project).
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Scenario B - Copy epic and its issues to a newly created issue in a different project
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In the Detailed Fields tab:
These settings result in the following output:Image Removed
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Note that the issues highlighted here are similar to the source epic issues and are now a part of the target project.