Track status transitions without an add-on

[Sarah Young]

We have a need to track when an issue transitions from one status to another. We would like to put a date/time stamp on the transition so we can pull reporting on time spent in the statuses at the end of the year. 

I've found solutions suggesting either JSU or ScriptRunner (neither of which we have installed) to run a post-function on the transitions and fill in custom fields with the date/time of the status transition, but I wanted to ask if there is a way to go about it without the use of an add-on. 

Our statuses can map backward and forward in multiple places, so there is a use-case where an issue could loop back into the same status more than once. I'm not sure how the custom field would hold that data; would it only hold the last transition data?

Adding that we have a customized workflow.

We're on version 7.12.3

[Gonchik Tsymzhitov]

Hi! 

May I know what's is the use case? 

Maybe you need to calculate it from BI tool or it is need some Jira report?

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov 

[Sarah Young]

Hi Gonchik,

We wanted to show metrics on how quickly we were able to show how  often we are pulling issues into sprints, how quickly issues were moving through the various stages of testing, etc. .

Example, we transitioned ATB-01 from "Ready for Selection" into "In Development" on 2/1/2018 and then from "In Development" to "Ready for Code Review" on 2/10/2018. 

Basically, I'd like a way to see the history in regards to transitions on every issue in one place. Even if I could do that via JQL and then create a Confluence page using the filters would be a step in the right direction.