Automation Rule| Create child issues based on selected value of a Multi-select field from the Parent issue for different teams

Summary

Create child issues based on the selected value from a Multi-select field on the Parent issue. Each child issue should have a summary field value identical to the selected field values from the Multi-select field on the Parent.

Solution

Automation rule suggestion:

For our example, please assume the Multi-select field name as "Selected".

• Trigger: When field changed "Selected (Multi-select field) ": When added value

• Condition: If Issue Type is Epic

• Create variable: Variable name :X and Smart value:

• If/else condition:

a) If Block:

• Related issue: Children

• Condition: Some matches specific JQL

• Matching JQL:

  1 Summary~ {{X}} and Parent = {{issue.key}}

• Action : Re-fetch data

b) Else block:

• Advanced Branching with Variable name : UpdatedField

• Add action: Create issue with Summary:

  1 {{UpdatedField}}| {{issue.key}}

• Parent : set as Trigger Issue.