Tracking the time of each phase on cards

Question

Hey guys,

I'm going through the following situation:

I have a project that goes through a workflow with 5 phases, and I need to track the time for each phase. This time is recorded in the Jira card's history.
Therefore, I need to extract the time data for each phase from the history to Google Sheets using =Jira().
Is this possible? What are the arguments? Could you provide some examples of the formula?

Thank you very much.

Emre Toptancı [OBSS] · Answer

Hello @Pedro_dantas

Our team at OBSS built Timepiece - Time in Status for Jira exactly for this. It is available for Jira Server, Cloud, and Data Center.

Time in Status mainly allows you to see how much time each issue spent on each status or each assignee.

You can combine the time for multiple statuses to get metrics like Issue Age, Cycle Time, Lead Time, Resolution Time etc. In your case, you can combine statuses to reflect phases of your issues.

For all numeric report types, you can calculate averages and sums of those durations grouped by the issue fields you select. For example total in-progress time per customer or average resolution time per sprint, week, month, issuetype, request type, etc. The ability to group by parts of dates (year, month, week, day, hour) or sprints is particularly useful here since it allows you to compare different time periods or see the trend.

Time in Status has Google Sheets and Excel template files that can pull app report data directly into your spreadsheet.

The app calculates its reports using already existing Jira issue histories so when you install the app, you don't need to add anything to your issue workflows and you can get reports on your past issues as well. It supports both Company Managed and Team Managed projects for Jira Cloud.

Time in Status reports can be accessed through its own reporting page, dashboard gadgets, and issue view screen tabs. All these options can provide both calculated data tables and charts.

Timepiece - Time in Status for Jira

EmreT

Mehmet A _Bloompeak_ · Answer

Hi @Pedro_dantas

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

You can try Status Time Reports app developed by our team. It mainly provides reports and gadgets based on how much time passed in each status.

Here is the online demo link, you can see it in action and try without installing the app. For your case, you can have a look at Time in Status for Each Issue report. For further details, please see Status Time Reports How to Videos.

* This app has a dynamic status grouping feature so that you can generate various valuable reports as time in status, time in assignee, status entry dates and status counts, cycle time and lead time, average/sum reports by any field(e.g. average in progress time by project, average cycle time by issue creation month).

* You can search issues by Project, Issue Type, Status, Assignee, Issue Creation/Resolution Date(and any other Date field) and JQL Query.
* Status durations are calculated according to the working calendar you define. Once you enter your working calendar into the app, it takes your working schedule into account too. That is, "In Progress" time of an issue opened on Friday at 5 PM and closed on Monday at 9 AM, will be a few hours rather than 3 days.
* You can set different duration formats.
* You can export reports in CSV file format and open them in MS Excel.
* You can also add this app as a gadget to your Jira dashboards and reach “Status Time” from Issue Detail page.
* You can enable/disable access to Status Time reports&gadgets and Issue Detail page per project, users, groups or project role.

If you are looking for a completely free solution, you can try the limited version Status Time Free.

Hope it helps.

Valeriia_Havrylenko_SaaSJet · Answer

Hi  @Pedro_dantas  👋

Welcome to the community!

Jira does not come with this feature pre-built.

So i recommend you to try Time in Status for Jira Cloud add-on which allows you to track the time that tasks spend in each status on your board. By creating a custom field, you can easily view this information directly on the card.

How to View Custom Fields on Your Jira Board?

These steps assume that you have already set up the custom field in Jira and associated it with the board screen.

* Access board settings: In the top right corner of your board, click the three dots and select "Board settings".
* Go to the card layout tab: In the board settings, navigate to the "Card layout" tab.
* Select the custom field: From the "Field name" drop-down list, choose the custom field you want to view on your board.
* Add the custom field: Click "Add" to display the custom field on your board.
* That's all!

also you will see this on your Jira card layout.

Add-on have a 30-day free trial version and free up to 10 users. 
Please, let me know if you have any questions

Hope it helps 😌
Valeriia