Scheduling Create Sub-task action

Setup repeating details

  1. Go to issue view .

  2. Select More > Repeat from issue action navigation bar or click Set repeating in Repeating Issue section on the right panels.

     

  3. On repeating configuration dialog please select Create Sub-task for repeat action field.

Configuration fields for Create Sub-task action

Field name

Description

Field name

Description

Reporter

User which will be set as reporter of new subtask issue in parent issue.

Assignee

User which will be set as assignee of new subtask issue.

Remove me from watchers

When selected - the creator will not be notified of any changes to new subtask issue.

  • This field is only visible if watching is enabled in Jira General Configuration > Options > Allow users to watch issues

  • Creator will be removed from watchers only if he has "Manage watcher list" permission in project

Summary

Summary that will be set to new subtask issue.

This field can have parameters like $repeating.date - for details please follow Available tokens in action param strings

Repeat for

Defines which issue date should be repeated: issue create date or issue due date.

For example if issue duration is 2 days, and the repeating occurrence falls on 10 January 2017 then:

  • when issue create date is selected - new subtask issue will be created at 10 January 2017with due date equal 12 January 2017 (due date is calculated to be 2 days after)

  • when issue due date is selected - new subtask issue will be created at 8 January 2017 with due date equal 10 January 2017 (create date is calculated to be 2 days before)

Issue create date and issue due date is calculated with non-working days adherence. For details read Managing non-working days

Issue duration

The number of working days between new subtask issue created date and due date.

Please read how to configure non-working days.

Issue type

Issue type of new created subtask.

Component/s

Project components which will be set to new subtask issue.

Description

Description that will be set to new subtask issue.

This field can have VTL expression like $repeating.date - for details please follow Velocity references in field values

Notify watchers

When selected - watchers of parent issue will be notified via email. See Email notifications.

Mute success notifications

When selected -  notifications of correct execution will not be sent. See Email notifications.

Other system and custom fields

After clicking "More..." on repeating issue dialog more system and custom fields defined in Jira will be available. Each field will have simple form input where static value or dynamic value can be provided - see Velocity Template Language in Repeating Issues add-on.