Is there any way that my spent time auto start when I put issue in progress column/list?

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Is there any way that my spent time auto start when I put issue in progress column/list and get stop when move it in any other listing?
I actually want that when me or any one else working on the project, move their card "In Progress" listing/column. Auto timer should start and every one time get started. When I move card from In progress listing, it stop the timer. And show me how much time actually someone worked and spent on the task.

Mariana_Pryshliak_Saasjet_qysy8m · Answer

Hello @amjadislamkhan

I recommend you to try Time in Status for Jira Cloud which generates 7 types of status time reports.

When the issue is moving between statuses, its Time in Status report calculates how long the issue has been spent in each status automatically. It helps to track the workflow process effectively taking into account all the important details.

An Assignee time report shows how long an assignee has been working on each issue and whether anyone has been working on the issue too.

You can export data as CSV or XLSX for further analysis.

It's developed by my team and is free for using up to 10 users. Please, let me know if you have any questions.

Krister Broman _Advania_ · Answer

Oh and if you want to then you can use automation to log the difference in the worklog instead of a numbers field. I just usually use this type of function to other metrics than logging time so then it requires another field.

Krister Broman _Advania_ · Answer

Easy in Jira Service Management as you would simply use the SLA function, but a bit less so in Jira Software. To solve it I would create a date/time field and a number field.

Then I would use the workflow or automation to auto populate that field at the time when you transitition into "In Progress".

Then when transitioned out (or at whatever time you feel is best, could be when you go into another specific transition) you use automation to calculate and set the difference between the now function and the time you set in the date/time field and put that into the numbers field.

Function: {{[date1].diff([date2]).[unit]}}

If you expect to repeat the process you make sure to add to the numbers field instead of just setting the value.

Refer to the smart value pages to get the correct functions

Date / Time: Smart value - Date/Time

Math: Smart Value - Math