How to automatically assign an issue to a sprint based on the issue summary?

Willy Picard

I have created a bunch of sprints called #1, #2, #3, ...

I would like to add a rule in automation such that if an issue has a summary "blabla bla whatever #1", it is automatically assigned to sprint #1. Similarly, n issue with the summary "my new issue #3" should be automatically assigned to sprint #3.

I have played with if-else blocks and regexps with advanced compare options without success.

It seems that the problem lies in the assignment to sprints. I have tried to set the sprint field to {{issue.summary.right(2)}} but it does not work. I suppose that the number of the sprint is expected instead of its name. But I have no idea about how to retrieve the sprint number based on its name.

Any help will be very much appreciated

Mark Segall

Hi @Willy Picard and welcome to the community!

The sprint field is based upon the sprint ID.  If you're savvy with making REST calls and parsing the JSON payload you could potentially accomplish this with the Send Web Request.

Otherwise, a poor man's approach could be that you keep an issue type for capturing sprint metadata.  Then create a rule like this to populate the sprint information required:

• TRIGGER: Sprint Created
• ACTION: Create your Sprint Issue and capture the Sprint Name/Sprint Number/Sprint ID

Then for the rule you're trying to create, you could do something like this:

• TRIGGER: Issue Created
• ACTION: Lookup Issues
  • <Sprint Number> = {{issue.summary.substringAfter("#")}}
• ACTION: Edit Issue
  • Sprint = {{lookupIssues.Sprint ID}}

Again, this is a bit of a hack, but it's one way to accomplish your goal.