assigning an issue to a sprint

Question

Hello.

I want to automate that when an Issue is created will be assigned to the corresponded SPRING based in the Due date for the Issue.

EXAMPLE:

Assuming that I have 3 Sprints:

Sprint A - Start Jan 1st - End Jan 15

Sprint B - Start Jan 16 - End Jan 31

Sprint C - Start Feb 1st - End Feb 15

If I create a Story with the Due date = Jan 30th I want that this Story will be automatically assigned to the Sprint 2.

Is this possible? I am not sure how to navigate between Sprints in Jira Automate.

THANKS FOR ANY HELP!

Regards

Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Answer

Reading your use case, are you sure that a Kanban approach would not be better suiting your work style?

Instead of auto-moving issue to some future timebox (sprint), you could just manually sort the backlog and then your staff work on the topmost items.

Just my 5c.

Eduardo Nava_2h1szu · Answer

Hello Stephen.

I am totally agree with you. Based in this case it looks like there is no value for Sprints and so far I do not have a correct answer. It looks like the requirement is to automate an special type of issue to be auto assign based in the Due date. But this will be not the case for all issue types.

Because of this Sprints are still needed

Ste Wright · Answer

Hi @Eduardo Nava

Can I clarify:

* You have three sprints
* These three sprints are all active (as they have dates set)
* If an issue is created with a due date within the date range of Sprint 2, it gets added to Sprint 2

^ If this is correct, what's the benefit of the sprints? Why not just have three boards filtered based on due date ranges, and avoid the need for automation?

Ste