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Automation story point estimate - sum of story points of child items in parent field

Pedro Henrique Barreto Carvalho

Hello,

I have a question.

I would like to create an automation that whenever I update the fields (story point) in the subtasks, the story point estimate field (story point field/Parent) is updated with the sum of the points informed in all the subtasks.
I did the automation below, but the field is not being updated.

thanks

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @Pedro Henrique Barreto Carvalho

Ignoring for a moment the practice of using story points with subtasks rather than just with stories...

Your estimated points field edit is on the Parent issue, but you are trying to:

reference the trigger issue, which is a subtask, and
using an invalid mathematical structure by adding to smart values without wrapping them with {{#=}} your smart values {{/}}

Instead you could just update the parent by summing the results each time in the branch with:

Please note this will work for a team-managed project, which uses Story point estimate. If this is instead for a company-managed project, use Story points.

Kind regards,
Bill

Pedro Henrique Barreto Carvalho

Hello @Bill Sheboy

thanks for the feedback. I have a project managed by the team. I tried to apply the code, but the field in the parent story(Sory point estimated) was not updated

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Bill Sheboy

For your smart value expression in the edit, it seems you changed the name. Perhaps try the exact built-in field name to see if that works.

I wondered about that as your trigger also shows "Story point estimate" and not the one you typed in as "Story point estimado".

Pedro Henrique Barreto Carvalho

Thanks for the feedback. I received the points return by email, but the field: story estimated points was not updated.
Do I need to do this update via code (more options)? Would you help me?