How to push an issue to the top of the sprint backlog through automation?

Question

Hey, I have an automation created that whenever a bug with priority 'Critical' is created, it's added to the current running sprint automatically. Now it shows up at the bottom of the sprint backlog. How can I push it up to rank 1 in the sprint backlog?

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Thanks, @Kian Stack Mumo Systems as I forgot that I had posted that answer in the past  :^)

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Lars Böhnke

I do not believe that is possible yet with actions.  Here is the suggestion to add that feature: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSWCLOUD-22673

Although I have not tried this, it appears to be possible to call the REST API with a web request and rank an issue before (or after) another one.  So if you used JQL to find the current top issue (using an ORDER BY Rank ASC clause) you could adjust the bug just created relative to that one, say from a Lookup Issues set.

If you want to try that, here are some posts/documentation to get you started:

* https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Automation-for-Jira-Send-web-request-using-Jira-REST-API/ba-p/1443828
* https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/api-group-issue/#api-rest-agile-1-0-issue-rank-put

Kind regards,
Bill

Kian Stack Mumo Systems · Answer

@Lars Böhnke,

It appears that this question is discussed in some detail in this thread. It appears that there are no actions available in Automation to update the rank, but you could do it through the use of Rest API.

Thanks,

Kian