See logged time on child issues on the EPIC

Question

Hi all,

We are working with a new setup where our issue structure will look like this:

EPIC -> TASK (as a child issue to the epic) -> SUB-TASK (Sometimes)

When my developers log time on the child issue (task) in the EPIC, it's not being transferred to the time tracking on the EPIC it self - I have to do that automatically.

If I create sub-tasks directly in the EPIC, without having a TASK as a middle-layer, then the time being logged in the sub-task, will also show on the EPIC.

How do I make sure that time logged on a TASK (child issue) is also being logged on the EPIC it self?

Ali Malik Gürbüz · Answer

Were you able to make this work?. Thanks.

Tony Pantello · Answer

Hi @Alex Koxaras -Relational- - this is very helpful. I'm a Jira novice so if I wanted to replace the original estimate summing with time tracking sum, how would I edit this portion of the automation?

{
  "fields": {
    "timetracking": {
      "originalEstimate" : "{{lookupIssues.Original Estimate.sum .divide(60)}}",
      "remainingEstimate" : "{{lookupIssues.Remaining Estimate.sum .divide(60)}}"
    }
  }
}

Alex Koxaras -Relational- · Answer

Hi @Martin Jervin Rosenlund and welcome to the community,

In this article I describe a way to add the original estimate from tasks to their epic using Jira Automation. You can do the same thing for time spent. Give it a go and let me know if it helps!