Automation - I am looking for a way to sum Story points for particular epic

Question

I was trying to follow tutorial presented here:

https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library/sum-up-story-points

However this fails for me. I suspect that relation between Epic and Story is not a subtask in:

Above prints 0 as if  there were no child under Epic.

When I try to apply rule for relation of Story - Sub-task it works all good.

However for Epic - Stories it does not work. Can you please help me on how to automate update of Epic total Story points when SP value of child Story is edited?

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Jouni Riimala

As this is a very old thread, I recommend creating a new question and linking back to this thread.  Otherwise only people following this one will see it.

When you post your question, please...

* explain the problem / scenario you are trying to solve,
* include an image of your complete rule, 
* include images of any relevant actions / branches / conditions / triggers,
* include an image of the audit log details showing the rule execution,
* and explain what is not working as you expect.

Those will provide more context for the community to offer suggestions.  Thanks!

Kind regards,
Bill

Jouni Riimala · Answer

Hi,

Good guidance, but for me I needed to change Lookup a bit and formula a bit to make summarizing work.

Now this flow requires that one assign epic manually to the story so if this could be automated via linkage etc that would be good. Any guidance would be appreciated.

Fabian Lim · Answer

@Piotr Gilert: You can find a video tutorial here that is similar to what Bill has shared earlier. It provides you with various rules to keep the story points under an Epic in sync.

Link: https://youtu.be/PROcxEOMyGM

Thanks.