Jira Automation - How to log the date when we first time transition the status into?

[Anthony.Ding]

Hi there,

Currently I'm using the Jira Automation to log the specific date with some Status transition.

For example, we have Custom Field - "Dev Start Date" & "Actual Dev Compl Date" as shown as below.

The automation was set to when status transit from "Ready For Dev" -> "Dev" then Log the date for "Dev Start Date". 

And when status transit from "Dev" -> "Ready For Code Review" then Log the date for "Actual Dev Comple Date".

My question is how to ensure we just log these two fields only once(means we only need to log the data the first time we transit the status into)? Cuz we do have more workflow that will back to "Ready For Dev" after the "Code Review".

Regards,

Anthony

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @anthony.ding 

Modify your Automation rule to only update the field if it is empty. The field will be empty the first time the transition occurs, so the automation rule will update it. If the transition occurs again, the field will not be empty (it was filled the first time the rule ran) and so the rule will not update the field again.

[Anthony.Ding]

Thanks Trudy for the answer, the issue was resolved.

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

Hi @anthony.ding , there are two ways to achieve this that I know of....

• Add a label when first executed and have a condition that checks the presence of the label
• Use a hidden property that indicates the rule was executed

Here is an old post that explains this well - How-can-I-ensure-an-Automation-rule-only-runs-once-for-an-issue