Calculate all the deadlines to show on the project board and dynamically update the value

Javanshir Mustafayev _ HIT

Can epics have deadlines (date custom field) shown on the project board and display the calculation of the necessary time for completion based on the sub-issues and sub-tasks for each particular epic?

I'm using JMWE maybe there is a solution for this using this app if Jira can't do it?

Walter Buggenhout

Hi @Javanshir Mustafayev _ HIT,

If you were on Jira Software Premium, advanced roadmaps would be able to roll up target dates of child issues to all levels above in the roadmap view. So that would be a graphical, out-of-the box option.

If you don't, you could set up an automation rule like this one from the template library:

For your existing Epics, you would have to take a look at the latest due date of all child issues and set the current due date correctly. But once that's done, this approach might work for you. 

Every time the due date of an issue changes, the rule will check if the issue has an Epic linked to it. If it does, it will compare the issue's due date with the one on the Epic.

You should make sure to set the proper conditions, of course. That may even include validating the due dates of all other child issues of the epic, like in this example:

Hope this helps!