Jira Automation rule

Eswar Tucha_1bchek

Hi,

We have below requirement:

Sum of 2 number fields(field1 & field2) in subtask should be updated in parent task field (Field3).

Example: 

Field3(parent) should only get updated when sum of field1(subtask) and field2(subtask) is greater then field3(parent).

Example with field values:

Field3: 10

Field1: 7

Field2: 7

In this case, sum of 2 subtask field values (14) is greater then Field3(parent), then it field in the parent issue should update.
If sum of 2 subtask field values is lesser than Parent issue field value, then the parent issue field should not get updated.

 

Automation rule written:

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @Eswar Tucha 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Does your scenario consider that the parent issue may have multiple subtasks? It seems like you are describing a scenario where the parent issue could be updated repeatedly for changes based on a single subtask when it may have multiple subtasks.

Would it not make more sense to sum the effort information of all the subtasks to see if that is greater than the effort estimated for the parent task?

Also, I see from the rule that you have shared that the fields you are looking at are Actual Dev Effort and Planned Dev Effort. If you add those two fields together you are getting more "effort" time than is either planned or actually expended. Why would you want to add Planned and Actual together?