Rule for into "To Do"?

[Andrew Hughes]

Using Next Gen project

I have rules for setting the date when something goes into "In Progress" or "Review" or any other Status/Column on the board, great for calculating all kinds of things with a simple extract... But don't seem to be able to have a date set for when the issue goes into the "To Do" status/column.

ie. on the Backlog page, move the item from back log to board... go to the board page, and see the item in "To Do", but the field I've created "Date To Do" doesn't get updated, however if I move the issue to another column and then back (like into "In Progress" and back to "To Do") the date gets set. So I know the rule works, but it doesn't work when moving from the backlog.

Any ideas on how to get this to update? I want to be able to calculate the total time it takes to do something, once we've moved it off of the backlog and onto the board, preferably without having to have another column, of like "This is the REAL To Do Column"

[Petter Gonçalves · Accepted solution]

Hello Andrew,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

The "rule" feature in the Next-gen projects uses the same principle of Workflow post functions: It's triggered once the issue status is changed.

That been said, I'm afraid the rule will not trigger until you change its status in the next-gen board, since the backlog is not a status but only a different view for the issues configured in the To Do status. It leaves us with just the option you've mentioned:

Add an extra column (To Do) where the issue should be transitioned as soon as the issue is moved to the board, changing the actual To Do column to "backlog".

Performing the steps above, the system will consider the backlog as a different status and will properly trigger the rule.

Let us know if you still have any questions.

[Andrew Hughes]

This will work, but it's not ideal.

Can this feature be added to a future release?