In Jira, how to set a story start / end dates to match assigned Sprint dates on Portfolio Roadmap?

Question

I have created a portfolio plan and a roadmap. it shows a list of stories to be delivered in a sprint and also as part of a release. Every story must get completed in the assigned Sprint. Therefore the start and end date for the story should be set to start and end date of the relevant sprint; we don't go to lower level to set dates for each story. Sprint dates represent our commit to complete it. However, I can't find a way to do this without manually changing the dates. I do understand that some people may want to overwrite the dates if needed manually; but there should be the option to define start and end for a story based on the sprint that's in?

csimms · Answer

See this post https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Jira-Automation-Smart-value-sprint-dates-and-assign-dates-to/qaq-p/1956995?utm_source=atlcomm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=solution_to_question&utm_content=topic

Ste Wright · Answer

Hi @Reza Zaraatkar

As far as I know, this isn't possible - I believe you can relate due date to target end date via Advanced Roadmaps, but that's the main built-in function.

That's not to say it isn't possible to do something other than manual entry. You can add Target Start / Target End Date fields to an issue's screens for example - this would allow you to use bulk change via issue search!

A more advanced option would be to consider whether a scripting app could help with this - this answer in regards to ScriptRunner suggests it might be possible to utilise the sprint start/end dates - you could look into whether:

* You could populate Target Start / Target End Date based on their current sprint's set dates
* You could populate the Sprint Start / End Date into two custom fields, then use a script or automation rule to populate Target Start / Target End Date if those sprint date fields are modified

Ste