Workflow for Approval based upon hours estimate

[Jordan Nussbaum]

Hello All,

I am VERY new to working with Jira and have been asked to set up an automated workflow so that when an issue (when submitted as a service desk item) is estimated  to be more than 40 hours, it will need approval from the CIO before moving to the backlog of a separate Jira project. 

Is there a way to set up the workflow to require approval based upon the hours estimates provided in the service desk ticket?

Thank you in advance for your help and guidance!

[Clark Everson]

if you have automation for Jira you can do this. That would be easiest. You would need a numeric custom field

if statement would be if issue field is >40

then set approval to yes or something along those lines.

you could technically also do it via workflow but it’s harder to edit later

[Jordan Nussbaum]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I was able to figure it out.