Step 1

As a Jira Administrator or Workflow Administrator:

1. Click the Cog icon to open the Settings menu and select Issues

2. Click Workflows

3. Navigate to your workflow and edit your workflow to create a draft version

4. Select step 1

5. Select Create transition

6. Select the Post Functions tab.

7. Click Add post function

8. Select Create Sub-task (Bob Swift) post function and add

Step 2

Within the Issue Fields screen:

1. Select the Basics Fields tab

2. Prepend "@entry@ - " to "%parent_summary%" in the Summary field to get the Sub-task's name in the Sub-task's Summary.

Step 3

Define the regex used to inspect the issue type of the parent issue and the exact matching condition that is used to evaluate. Also, configure the Create multiple issues field using a substitution variable.

1. Select the Conditions & Configuration tab.

2. Enter "%original_issuetype%" in the Condition 1 field.

3. Enter "Story" in the Regular expression pattern field.

4. Select Exact matching condition, so we only create the sub-tasks when the issue type is "Story".

5. Scroll down until you find Create multiple issues.

6. Enter "Development, Testing, Documentation".

7. Click the Add button to save your configuration.

Step 4

1. Ensure to publish your workflow. It is always recommended to save a backup of the previous workflow when prompted.

2. Create an issue of type "Story".

3. Validate that the new sub-task issues were created and that it contains the name prepended before the parent summary.