How to make timeline tracking better by bulk incrementing/decrementing the end dates

[Spandan Sharma]

Under an Epic I have a few Tasks and a few Stories which further have a few tasks. All these tasks are arranged to have a start date and an end date. So say task-1 has start date of 1st April 2018 and end date of 2nd April 2018. Task 2 has start date of 2nd April 2018 and end date of 5th April 2018. Task 3 may be 4th April 2018 to 10th April 2018.

So basically tasks are stacked with some overlap (because while one is in review we can start the other etc.). But now say task 1's end date needs to be modified by +2 because we realised it's going to take two days more. What I want is that all the subsequent tasks (2, 3 ... etc) to get shifted by 2 days too so that all their start and end dates move by +2.

Right now I have to go to each of the tasks and modify the start and end dates. Is there a way to bulk select the required tasks and give them the same delta (increment or decrement) ?

E.g Can I select somehow Tasks 2,3,6,8 and 9 and give them a +2 (or -1 or -5 etc.) delta so that all of their start and end dates are appropriately shifted ?

[laralg]

Hello Spandan,

If you want this to happen automatically you will probably need an add-on like Scriptrunner or maybe Workflow Tool Box. If you don't mind doing this by hand I do not know if you are familiry with the bulk change in Jira.

In the issue navigator you can modify a lot of issues at once with the options to the right.

The problem is you will have to set the date by hand, you cannot sum days. 

Maybe a add-on best for you will be Automation for Jira, with rules you can tell it to modify thing when something happens in related issues.

Regards