Associating the burndown chart vertical axis with a custom field

[Andy Nash]

I created a custom field for story estimation

I want to use the standard burndown chart to display progress against this field.

But I cannot get the field to display as one of the optional fields to chose from in the drop down list.

Any help appreciated!

[shetty · Accepted solution]

hi andy

yes the custom field should be numeric field then you will get your required field in dropdown list

[Ignacio Pulgar · Accepted solution]

The custom field must be numeric in order to use it in the report. Is that the case?

[Andy Nash]

I switched field types to now use a Numerical field.

This is great, it enables the tracking I was looking for.

But now I've configured the Backlog view as intended, I have stumbled across another problem that I'm hoping is a mis-configuration somewhere (but having searched every setting I can think of, have come up short).

[Ignacio Pulgar]

Hi again Andy,

Those three numbers are the sum of the SPs of issues as per the following definitions:

First: Issues in a status mapped to the left-most column.

Second: Issues in a status mapped to any columns other than the left-most or the right-most ones.

Third: Issues mapped to the right-most column.

That said, you should use the right-most column for issues that are already Done, and move the Not Required ones to a different place.

[Andy Nash]

Brilliant - I love JIRA more and more each day!

I'm guessing that's a 'Feature' rather than a bug ;-)

Many many thanks - dunno how I would have worked that out myself.

Muchisimas gracias!

[Ignacio Pulgar]

De nada! :)

Yes, that's a convenient feature and something to have in mind for all Jira Software specific reports (those based in boards) where the presence of a resolution doesn't necessarily mean that the issue can be considered as Done.

Best regards!

[Andy Nash]

Yeah, I might have to concatenate the Done and Not required columns just to make that auto calculation work better, which reduces some of the visibility for the team, but life is a trade-off, I suppose.

[Andy Nash]

Yeah it is. Fibonacci scale.

But ahhh, it's not classed as a Numeric field, but as a Select list (Single choice).

Guessing that's what's tripping things up.

Jira is so restrictive in this respect. Grrrrr.

[Ignacio Pulgar]

That's why, yup.

[Ignacio Pulgar]

If you count with ScriptRunner, you can copy the selected value in your single select custom field to a new numeric custom field with a similar name, by transforming the string into a number.

[Andy Nash]

Dev team! Someone call my dev team!!

Many thanks Ignacio. I'll see what we can do.