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= About =

The **Quick Subtasks Plugin for JIRA** allows you to write down a list of subtasks using a special syntax anywhere you want - e.g. a text editor or in your wiki and afterwards paste them in your Jira instance and create multiple subtasks for a given issue.

In addition one may define pre-set subtask-templates for each project in the administration area.

= Features =

The latest release contains the following features:

* Integration into Jira's issue operation menu
* Creating multiple subtasks for a selected issue
* Specifying the summary and the estimated time for each subtask using a special syntax
* Specifying the issue types for all subtasks to be created
* Permission checks to ensure a secure integration
* Manage multiple sub-task templates for each project in the administration area
* The security schema of the parent issue is applied to all subtasks created
* Subtasks inherit the priority from their parent issue

= Screenshots =

The following screenshots might give you an expression of the plugin's features:

== Issue Operation Menu Integration ==

{{./quick-subtasks-issue-menu-fx.png|Issue Operation Menu Integration}}

== Creating multiple Subtasks ==

{{template-selection.png|Creating multiple subtasks}}

== Subtasks Created ==

{{subtasks-created.png|The created subtasks}}

== Managing Subtask Templates in the Administration Area ==

{{manage-templates.png|Subtask Template Administration}}

= Examples =

{{{
- Implementation
- Write unit tests / estimate:"3h"
- Write Acceptance tests / estimate:"6h"
-Code Review / assignee:"mkops"
- End user documentation / estimate:"4h" assignee:"mkops"
}}}

Pasting the text from above into the plugin would create the following subtasks for the selected issue:

* A subtask with summary "Implementation"
* A subtask with summary "Write unit test" and and time estimate of 3 hours
* A subtask with summary "Write Acceptance test" and and time estimate of 6 hours
* A subtask with summary "Code Review" -> the missing whitespace after the "-" is no problem here, the task will be assigned to the user "mkops"
* A subtask with summary "End user documentation" and and time estimate of 4 hours, assigned to the user "mkops" 

= Issue Tracker =

Please feel free to use [[https://bitbucket.org/hascode/jira-quick-subtasks/issues|this issuetracker]] if you have proposals, feature requests or bugs to report!

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**2013 Micha Kops / hasCode.com**