Populate actual start date automatically

[Ramesh Krishnan]

when i start from "To Do" to "in progress", current date to be populated automatically in actual start field. is there way?

[Swathi Acharya]

Hello @Ramesh Krishnan

Good day! Welcome to Atlassian Community!

To update the Actual Start field with the date/time when the work item was transitioned from "To Do" to "In Progress", you can set up an Automation Rule as shown in the screenshot below:

[Ramesh Krishnan]

Your code works for individual issue type. example i have story with epic, same actual start date to be populated to epic level. this should apply first story changed into to do to inprogress and corresponding actual start date.

[Swathi Acharya]

Hi @Ramesh Krishnan

To update the Parent Epic Actual Start, you can modify the rule as follows:

I hope this helps!

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Ramesh Krishnan 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Yes, that can be done with an automation Rule or with a post function in the workflow transition from To Do to In Progress.

Are you familiar with either of those options?

What type of Space does this concern; Team-managed or Company-managed?

Do you have Project Admin access for the project or Jira App Admin access?

[Ramesh Krishnan]

What type of Space does this concern; Team-managed or Company-managed?

Company-managed

Do you have Project Admin access for the project or Jira App Admin access?

Project admin access. i have rights write the automation script.