Automatic reduction of the original estimate in the task

[Oleksandr Kalukov]

I need to automatically reduce the original estimate of the task once a bug is linked to this task and the original estimate of the task has to be reduced by the value of original estimate of the bug linked.

Basically, it has to work just as when you have a story and the remaining time is reduced when you log work in subtasks under this story.

I am using a Jira automation and have found a way to set original estimate of the task from the one in the linked bug but I need some kind of formula to reduce the time in the task.

[Le Dac Sy]

@Oleksandr Kalukov did you find any solution for this ?

I am facing the same issue for our project.

[John Funk]

Hi @Oleksandr Kalukov  - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

How many different estimates for the bug might there be? Is it Fibonacci related? Is there just a handful of possibilities?

[Oleksandr Kalukov]

Hi @John Funk , sorry for not being clear. I use the 'Original estimate' field, which is the time estimate, not Story Points estimate.

So, I need to reduce the original estimate of the task once a bug is linked to this task by the value of the original estimate of this bug.

[John Funk]

Are there several different possibilities for the time estimate used? Or are there just a handful?

[Oleksandr Kalukov]

It's just one - standard Jira Time tracking fields (Original estimate, Remaining estimate and Time spent) and these are the ones I need to help with.

[John Funk]

Sorry - I meant the different values that get entered into the field.