Update Remaining Estimate with ScriptRunner

Question

I am currently trying to update the remaining estimate of a story based on the linked issues.

I manage to get the comulative time of all linked issues and their subtasks, but I fail at committing the update to the original story.

For constellations like these I keep getting the error:

"Field 'remainingEstimate' cannot be set. It is not on the appropriate screen, or unknown

put("/rest/api/2/issue/"+issue.id) 
   .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
   .body([
      fields: [
         remainingEstimate: "5" 
      ]
   ]).asString()

I also tried inserting the numer without parenthesis or using

fields: [
   timetracking: [
      remainingEstimate: "5" 
   ]
]

Can anyone help me?

Stefan Brocanelli · Answer

This is not the problem.

The problem is with the syntax of the request.

Even when I try to change the summary, which is NOT  a custom field and IS visible, there is a problem with the syntax of the request:

put("/rest/api/2/issue/"+issue.id) 
   .queryString("overrideScreenSecurity", Boolean.TRUE)
   .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
   .body([
      update: [
         summary:[{
            set: "Test123"
         }]
      ]
   ]).asString()

And the error then is:

Field with id' summary' and name 'Summary' does not support operation 'maximumNumberOfParameters' Supported operation(s) are: 'set'\"

Niranjan · Answer

To update a custom field, the field should be available on the Edit screen and just on the view screen. If you are trying to add it during issue creation, then you need to add it to create issue screen as well. You can refer https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/jira-rest-api-examples/

Section:

Adding a worklog entry during create

"timetracking": 
{ "originalEstimate": "1d 2h", 
  "remainingEstimate": "3h 25m" }

Stefan Brocanelli · Answer

I think the error message "not have the field on the screen" is due to wrong syntax being used for the request. The field original Estimate is present on our issue view on the kanban board.

put("/rest/api/2/issue/"+issue.id) 
   .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
   .body([
      fields: [
         timetracking:[
            originalEstimate: "5d"
         ]
      ]
    ]).asString()

Here I also get the error:

Field 'timetracking' cannot be set. It is not on the appropriate screen, or unknown.

What is the correct syntax to update originalEstimate through Scriptrunner for cloud?