Why the sum of story points = 0 ?

[Aurélie Pilette]

Hello,

I have an epic with stories linked

 I would like that when the story points is modified, there is the sum on the epic.

I create an atuomation rule like

But when I change the story points of stories, the sum is 0. So what is wrong on my automation rule ?

Thanks a lot for your help

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

Hi @Aurélie Pilette , your automation isn't correct. There are quite a few post in the community on this very topic and I encourage you to look at them. Here are a couple to get you started.

Can-I-automate-Story-point-sums-to-populate-the-Epic-points 

Sum-up-the-story-points-of-the-stories-and-assign-it-to-parent 

[Aurélie Pilette]

The link doesn't work. I try to change the rule by {{lookupIssues.Story points.sum|0}} but it doesn't work

[Jack Brickey]

sorry @Aurélie Pilette , i messed up the URLs when I pasted them. I have corrected but it seems you got it working based on your comments. :-)

[John Funk]

Hi Aurélie - Stories are not "sub-tasks" of Epics. They are just children. 

Take a look at this article: https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/How-Can-I-Sum-Up-Multiple-Issues-into-a-Parent-Number-Field/ba-p/2882712

[Aurélie Pilette]

I don't find the answer to my problem on the link given. I try to change by {{lookupIssues.Story points.sum|0}} but it doesn't work

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Aurélie Pilette 

First, what project type are you using: company-managed or team-managed?  That impacts which field and smart value to use: Story points or Story point estimate, respectively.

Next, as described in that linked article, you must first use the Lookup Work Items action in the rule to use the {{lookupIssues}} smart value.  Did you do that?

If that still does not help, please post the following for more context:

• an image of your complete, updated rule, in one single image for continuity
• an image of the audit log details showing your rule execution

Kind regards,
Bill

[Aurélie Pilette]

Hello,

it will be esaier if you say that a lookup is mandatory. I find it by the IA. I add the lookup and it works fine.