Create an issue from Jira issues macro: Jira 4.3: Any: Create issues by highlighting text on a Confluence page: Jira 6.3.1: Any: Create issue by highlighting text on a Confluence page and automatically link issues to an epic : Jira 6.3.1 and Jira Agile 6.3.5: Classic projects only: Link and create Confluence pages from epics and sprints : Jira From your project’s sidebar, select Project settings > Issues > Layout. Select an issue layout. Select Copy issue layout in the top right. Only Jira admins can see this button. Choose which screen’s layout you want to copy, then the projects you want to apply it to. The projects available will be those that use the same screen as the layout If you need any help with altering the script or are running into execution issue, we advise to reach out to the Atlassian Community. Purpose As part of the adoption of Advanced Roadmaps, projects that were using issue links to define hierarchy relations will have to use the Parent Link field so they become nicely visible in Advanced Roadmaps However the CSV importer does not provide an option to import the issues as Epics, they are always Stories. Furthermore the epic name field is not populating. I do not mind doing a bulk change to convert the issues into epics after the import, that part is not the issue. The primary issue is I am not importing the epic name. The format of the As my issue is to keep the EPIC LINK from the subtask's parent, here's what I add: At step 1, take subtask's parent's epic link and store it into a text custom field (I called it EpicLink(temp) as I'm not keeping it for long) as a step 3, run a new automation script on the tasks and update the epic link using the content of the EpicLink(temp 1. Create a new text field "Parent Epic Name" and add this field to Story and Sub-task screens. 2. Rule1: For Story > copy Epic Link from Epic issue to the Story's "Parent Epic Name" field. 3. Rule2: For Sub-task > copy "Parent Epic Name" from parent issue to Sub-task's "Parent Epic Name" field. Solution. Rule1 is for Bugs/Stories (standard There are three ways to create epics in Jira Software: the Timeline, Backlog, and Global Create issue button. When you create an epic, you'll need to enter the following details: Epic name - A short identifier for your epic. This will be used as a label on issues that belong to this epic. Jira automation actions. Actions are the doers of your rule. They allow you to automate tasks and make changes within your site, and can perform many tasks, such as editing an issue, sending a notification, or creating sub-tasks. See how to use all of these actions in our Jira automation template library. .

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