Can Jira Agile rank be based off of a calculated field?

Question

I am starting to build up an Agile project, and have current tickets that are prioritized (using a SQL script) based off of field calculations.

As an example, revenue implications and goals implications are weighted to determine the ranking of the ticket:  (Revenue*8)+(Goals*10)=Rank.

Can Agile base the rank off of a calculated field like this, or does it only support ranking by dragging and dropping?

Thanks,

Claire

Claire Douglas · Answer

Thanks Nic.  Is there a way to view tickets in a certain Agile Stage (such as To Do) in order by a prioritisation number?  Even if it's not on an Agile screen?  Or another way to ask this question is can you view JIRA tickets filtered by Agile stage and ordered by a field (or more) on the ticket?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

No, the way ranking works is that it needs a single unique number to indicate an issue's position in the list.  Your formula is fine for prioritisation, but cannot be used for ranking because you could end up with duplicates.