How can I clear the estimation of a cloned issue?

Question

Hello! I'm making a rule that, when a issue is moved from development to done, there will be a cloned card in the backlog with another label and, I need the estimation to be clear. If I leave the field like that, it keeps the estimation and if I put "null" there is an error.

Any idea of how I can do it?

Brant Schroeder · Accepted Answer

@alecentalz You should be able to set it to 0 when it is cloned (might not be what you want) or after the issue is cloned you can use another automation step to clear it.

Bill Sheboy · Accepted Answer

Hi @alecentalz

If you want a clean slate for the cloned issue, you need to delete the worklogs.  Please see this article from @Alex Koxaras -Relational- for how to do that in a rule: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-articles/Delete-all-worklogs-from-an-issue-using-Jira-Automation-with/ba-p/2233207

Another way to do this is to invert the solution: create a new issue and only copy over the fields you want to keep...and so there are no worklogs present.

Kind regards,
Bill