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Solved: Jira Automation - Logged Time from Tasks automatically in Parent Epic too

Samuel Kolloch

Hey Community,

I want to create an automation which lets me track my time on Tasks that have a parent epic linked and automatically add the tracked time into the work log of the parent epic.

I also have an Automation to sum up the Original Estimates to the Parent but somehow it just doesn't want to work for the Time Tracking.

This is my actual Automation:

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Accepted answers

Ste Wright

Hi @Samuel Kolloch

The Lookup Issues parameter shouldn't be necessary - you're not looking for the total SUM of the time spent, just to add the last logged time to the Epic (if I've understood correctly).

The rule should look like this...

Trigger: Work logged
Condition: Issue fields condition
- Field = Issue Type
- Condition = is one of
- Value = Task, External Task
Condition: Related issues condition
- Related issues = Parent
- Condition = Exists
Branch: Related Issues
- Type = Parent
  - Branch-Action: Log work
    - Time spent = {{worklog.timeSpent}}
    - Date started = {{worklog.started}}

Let us know if this works!

Ste

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Yong Yang_1d2puv

Hi @Samuel Kolloch

Welcome to our community.

Please try: {{lookupIssues.timeSpent.sum}} .

Thanks

YY哥

Samuel Kolloch

Thank you @Yong Yang !
Unfortunately it still doesn't work.

Yong Yang_1d2puv

Change lookup JQL to:

"Epic Link" = {{issue.key}}

And show me the audit log after your execution.

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Samuel Kolloch

First thing, would you please clarify what you are trying to do?

As written, your rule would log the complete total for all child issues of the epic, every time work is logged. That may not be what you wanted.

Instead, the Work Logged trigger could be used to only add the new information to the parent: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-automation-triggers/#Work-logged

With the trigger of Work Logged, you may use the {{worklog}} smart value and the attribute of {{worklog.timeSpentSeconds}}s for the logging. Please note I added a unit of seconds after the value.

Kind regards,
Bill

Ste Wright

Hi @Samuel Kolloch

The Lookup Issues parameter shouldn't be necessary - you're not looking for the total SUM of the time spent, just to add the last logged time to the Epic (if I've understood correctly).

The rule should look like this...

Trigger: Work logged
Condition: Issue fields condition
- Field = Issue Type
- Condition = is one of
- Value = Task, External Task
Condition: Related issues condition
- Related issues = Parent
- Condition = Exists
Branch: Related Issues
- Type = Parent
  - Branch-Action: Log work
    - Time spent = {{worklog.timeSpent}}
    - Date started = {{worklog.started}}

Let us know if this works!

Ste

Samuel Kolloch

Hey @Ste Wright

thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately it didn't work but you definitely understood what I am trying to do. I want to add the logged work on a Task automatically to the work log of the parent epic.