Step-by-step guide

Here is how you edit your workflow to include the Log Production Change transition:

1. Click the JIRA administration menu (gear icon in upper-right corner of page)
2. Choose Issues
3. Select Workflows from the menu on the left sidebar
4. Scroll down to the default workflow for the project (typically Software Simplified Workflow for ...)
5. Click Copy to create a new workflow based on the original
6. Name the new workflow
   1. <PROJECT PREFIX>: Basic Workflow with Production Change
7. Add a transition to called Log Production Change from In Progress to In Progress
8. Click on the Log Production Change transition
9. Click Post Functions
10. Click Add Post Function
11. Choose Create Subtask
12. Set the following parameters:
    1. Subtask Condition =   Create if original issue is a subtask.
    2. Summary = Production Change: %original_summary%
    3. Assignee = jackson
    4. Leave all others as their default
13. Save the function
14. Click Publish Draft
    1. go through the migration process
    2. there shouldn't be any existing Log Production Change issues, so you can just accept the default
15. Click Workflow Schemes from the sidebar
16. Choose Edit on the projects scheme
17. Change the existing workflow
    1. Choose Add Workflow
    2. Choose the <PROJECT PREFIX>: Basic Workflow with Production Change workflow
    3. Assign All Unassigned Issue Types to this workflow
18. Add a second workflow for Log Production Change
    1. Choose Add Workflow again
    2. Choose Log Production Change workflow
    3. Choose Log Production Change sub task for this workflow 
19. You should now be able to log production changes with your project!

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