How to Auto-update Start & end Dates in WBS Gant Chart.

Rutuja Ghamande

Hi Jira support team,

 

Would like to know if there is any way by which the start & end dates on Jira WBS Gant chart for sub-tasks & User stories get updated on its own, when an agent starts working on sub-task & finishes working on it.

For example in the attached screenshot you can see that a few sub-tasks like are in progress as the percentage of task completed it updated to 56% however, the start date & end date are not auto updated & duration calculated for sub-task is seen an 0 days/hours. 

Is there any way these dates & duration can be auto updated to current and not show the default dates entered at the start of the project?

 

Thanks,

Rutuja.

Mark Segall

Hi @Rutuja Ghamande and welcome to the community!

You should be able to use Jira Automation for this.  Here's an example:

• TRIGGER: issue Transitioned (To In Progress/To Closed)
• IF CONDITION
  • Status Not Equals Closed
  • ACTION: Edit Issue (Start Date)
    • {{now}}
• ELSE CONDITION
  • ACTION: Edit Issue (End Date)
    • {{now}}

Note - This is just a baseline for the rule.  There are probably exception scenarios you'll want to account for like issues being reopened.