Automation to active sprints

[Enrico_Hribal]

Greetings everyone,

Ive been playing around with automations to create and activate sprints and I have some questions.

1. There is a create sprint action where you can also set dates via smart values, but is there a way to set for example the next monday as start and the following sunday as end date?

2. is there a way to also activate a sprint via automations? I can only find a create sprint action.

[Fatma from VIP_LEAN Solutions]

Hi @Enrico_Hribal ,

For the dates you can try with this: start {{now.withNextDayOfWeek("MON")}} ; End {{now.withNextDayOfWeek("SUN")}}
(if today is Monday, it will start next monday).

BR, 
Fatma

[Enrico_Hribal]

Thank you, will try :) 

Do you have any information about activating sprints?

[Alina Chyzh_Grandia Solutions]

Hello, @Enrico_Hribal 

Currently, native Jira Automation doesn't include built-in actions to calculate relative dates like "next Monday" or to activate sprints directly. 

If you're looking to fully automate the sprint lifecycle, our app Automation Action Bundle for Jira extends the native automation engine with additional actions that might help. It includes a Start Sprint action that lets you automatically activate a sprint using smart values to select which sprint to start, and you can set the start and end dates dynamically within your automation rules. You can find it here: https://bit.ly/4tG3JUR