Apply template in Automation

With Issue Templates for Jira you can apply a template automatically to newly created work items using automation’s create work item action with the special work item templates automation property.

Steps

1. Configure the action to create a “dummy“ work item with all the required fields for the particular work item type you want to use.
2. Then, expand More options and replace the content with:

{
  "properties": [{
    "key": "issue.templates.automation",
    "value": {
      "applyTemplate": "TEMPLATE-1"
    }
  }]
}

It will instruct the app to apply a template with the issue key equal to TEMPLATE-1.

For details, see Automation.

Apply template with REST API

With Issue Templates for Jira you’re not limited to using a template with Jira only. You can also use external software to trigger different events in Jira and apply a template immediately.

With this feature you can:

• Connect this function with any external tool to automatically create a work item and apply a template with received data.
• Use templates from Jira Automation and apply them to a work item at any moment on any action in automation.
• Synchronize it with Requirements and Test Management for Jira , so when a user creates a work item with a specific status a selected template can be applied and values filled.
• Configure an incoming webhook that will create a new work item from a template in automation.
• Update a work item by applying a new template and copying sub-tasks.

For details, see Apply template with REST API.