Automation rule to transition a Parent issue to "In Progress" when its first Sub-task is moved to "In Progress"
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Summary
Jira automation rule to automatically transition a Parent issue to In Progress when its first Sub-task is moved to In Progress.
Solution
The solution below was devised from this community post. An overall view of the automation rule can be seen in:
![Final automation rule preview](https://images.ctfassets.net/zsv3d0ugroxu/5tYqBqU08RaNYFERKHnPjD/e39880c1cb7be38b526987ea0ff1707c/Screenshot_2024-04-12_at_9.13.25_AM.png)
1. First, we execute this rule whenever an issue is being transitioned - by using the Issue transitioned trigger. a. Set To Status = IN PROGRESS b. Leave From Status blank or set a Status if you need to specify one. Learn more about transitioning an issue with automation.
![Issue transition](https://images.ctfassets.net/zsv3d0ugroxu/3a6u6kNYuG8euJJojFk6Bt/bf39ad11592c5e7dc45746b84005b87a/Screen_Shot_2022-03-18_at_4.21.50_pm.png)
2. Next, we use the Issue fields condition to check if the Issue that triggered the rule is a Sub-task:
![Use issue fields condition](https://images.ctfassets.net/zsv3d0ugroxu/5BfsAqZSbaHcNV9FFDqPXp/9277039af0dad4421055cf23d53f0484/Screen_Shot_2022-03-18_at_4.25.34_pm.png)
3. Then we branch off for the Parent using the Branch rule / related issues branch
![Branch rule](https://images.ctfassets.net/zsv3d0ugroxu/4z2iUvB5q3qsCmuMGoOM8W/a50bd2798c8d753f53737d21b60a8441/Screenshot_2024-04-12_at_9.14.32_AM.png)
We now check with a Related issues condition that some Sub-tasks are In Progress:
We also check with the Issue fields condition that the Parent issue is not currently In Progress:
If those are true, then we transition the Parent Issue to In Progress:
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