Using automations to update ASAP mode/lag time in BigGantt

[Nadav Shamgar]

I have created automations (using Automation for Jira), that when creating an issue, it auto-creates all relevant sub-tasks.

The automation also links all sub-tasks one after the other.
However, not all sub-tasks should have ASAP mode enabled, and some should have a specific lag time.

I couldn’t find a way to automate that as well.
Are there any fields I can use to specify the ASAP/lag values for each link I create?
Is there any other way that this could be automated?

Thanks!

[Anna-BigPicture · Accepted solution]

Hi @Nadav Shamgar

Currently, we do not have the technical possibility to provide lag time and ASAP mode editing options directly in Jira because Atlassian does not allow adding custom attributes to Jira links.

However, our Team is working on new features that will enable this kind of automation via API.

Please follow the feature request link: Public endpoint for dependency creation, to be up to date with the functionality progress. Please note that it is best to open the link in the incognito tab of your browser.

[Ricard Cirera Clavel]

Hi @Anna-BigPicture Nowadays, I have the same problem discussed here on 2021. As you said, the team was working on any solution (on 2021). Could you tell me if there's any solution?

Thank you very much

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Nadav Shamgar -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Full disclosure, I am not using that addon product, BigGantt...

If the fields you want are accessible as custom fields, you may be able to edit them with smart values.  To learn if they are available, find an example issue which has that data and then call the REST API to check if they are visible.  Here is the how-to for that method:

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field/

Best regards,

Bill

[Nadav Shamgar]

Thank you for your help!

I tried your idea but sadly those fields probably don't exist...
That information should be stored somewhere, according to which BigGantt is doing rescheduling of tasks when dependent tasks move.

Any idea where it can be found?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi! The fields may have non-obvious naming.  How about this: please reach out to the Big-Gantt vendor's support and see if they have experience with automation and their fields:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1213016/biggantt-gantt-chart-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=support

If you learn something from them, please consider posting back here so the whole community can benefit.  Thanks!

[Nadav Shamgar]

Thank you for the advice.

I have sent them as I posted here as well, and waiting for their response.
I will update when I have answers.

Re: non-obvious names.
I have tried plugging in a specific number in the lag-time field to search for it in all the fields from the API, but that number was nowhere to be found.. :)