How can i set a condition to calculate multiple field values should be equal to one main field?

Question

Hi Team,

Requirement : I have set up different custom fields to track a number of issues taken up for each team and one main custom field which is total of all child custom field.

I want to add a condition that child fields count total together should be equal to parent field count and should not exceed count.

Please let me know if this is possible?

Thank You!

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Thanks for that information, and this does sound like something solvable by reporting.

I recommend creating a draft of what you would want to see, and then check if that is possible with the built-in dashboard gadgets and saved filters, or the standard roadmaps.  If not, investigate the Atlassian Marketplace for reporting addons: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/

Although it would be possible to add custom fields and automation rules to sum up the values, changes in the users, roles, and how you want to report the information could lead to a bit of maintenance/re-work.

shravya chinthapatla · Answer

Hi @Bill Sheboy

Problem statement: We are trying to track planned efforts for each user by role working on the issue. Example (Original estimate -20 PD's) sub fields estimates for QA-5PD's; Development-10 PD's; BA- 5PD's.

I want to add a condition to track these efforts, Sub fields estimates should be equal to original estimations.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @shravya chinthapatla

What problem are you trying to solve by doing this?

This seems more like a reporting need (solvable with dashboards, filters, etc.) rather than setting custom values in some issue.  And it is unclear from your question: which issue would contain these number-of-issue values.

Kind regards,
Bill