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A workflow post-function that copies the value(s) of a selected field to the same field of the issue's parent issue.

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titleTo add the Copy Field Value To Parent post-function to a transition:
  1. Click Edit for the workflow that has the transition you wish to configure the post-function on.
  2. In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.
  3. Click on Post Functions in the properties panel.
  4. Click on Add post function.
  5. Select Copy Field Value To Parent from the list of post-functions.
  6. Click on Add to configure the post-function on the transition.
  7. Select the field from the Field drop-down.
  8. Select the option provided to add the required parameters.
  9. Click on Add to add the post-function to the transition.

For information on where the post-function needs to be placed on a transition, see Placing post-functions on a transition.

When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger the transition, the add-on copies the value(s) of the selected field to the same field of the issue's parent issue. 

Customize this post-function using the additional options provided as a part of the post-function. The options are:

  • Add source value(s) to destination field

Appends the value(s) of the selected field to the same field of the issue's parent issue. This is applicable only to multi-valued fields.

  • Conditional execution

To execute this post-function based on the result of a groovy expression see Conditional execution using Groovy expression.

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The parent/child relationship in JIRA refers to issues and their subtasks, not to the Epics and their Stories. 

If you wish to copy a field from a Story to an Epic, you should use the Copy field to linked issues post-function.

Refer to the Use cases for post-functions page for use cases for this post-function.