What would the smart value be for created date?

[Lex Baldridge]

I am trying to have the start date automatically be filled in with the date the task is created through automation, is there a smart value for this?

[Trudy P Claspill]

Hello @Lex Baldridge 

You can find information about smart values for Automation here:

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/smart-values-in-jira-automation/

For native Jira work items fields you can start by checking this child page:

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/

If you can't find what you're looking for there, you can find information about finding smart values for fields here:

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

That was the long answer to teach you how to find the answer to this type of question in the future.

The short answer is {{issue.created}

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Lex Baldridge 

Yes, and...to Trudy's suggestions:

The Start Date field is date only and Created is date / time, so please use a format to match:

{{issue.created.jiraDate}}

And...as there are known timing problems with the Work Item Created trigger that could cause the condition to fail incorrectly, I recommend adding a re-fetch after the trigger:

• trigger: Work Item Created
• action: Re-fetch Work Item Data
• field values condition: Issue Type equals Task
• action: Edit Work Item Fields, to set the field to the smart value expression

Kind regards,
Bill