How to create an Epic and Story and link them using Create on Transition

This article explains how to create an Epic issue and a story issue upon a transition and establish the link between them using the create issue post function of the Create on Transition app.

Instructions

1. On any transition, click on add post function
   
2. Add the Create Issue post function as shown below:
   
   
3. Configure the post function as given below to create an Epic issue type:
   
4. Add another Create Issue post function and configure the post function as given below to create a story issue type and add the Epic link:
   
   The substitution variable org.swift.jira.cot.last_created_key stores the last issue key which was created. In this case, the last issue created is the EPIC issue type
   More information on substitution variables can be found here: Substitution variables - 7.
5. Publish the workflow.
6. Now, perform the transition and verify if the newly created story is linked to the newly created Epic using the EPIC link.