I want original estimate to sumup in Product story

Tehmina Aslam_cedkdc

Hi,

 

I have a custom issue type hierarchy: -

Epic - Product Story - Technical Task - Subtasks

We estimate Technical Tasks in hours using the "original estimate" field. I want to create a rule that:

1. Checks if all the Technical Tasks have original estimates.
2. Sums up all the original estimates and places the total in the original estimate field of the Product Story.

Here is the smart value I am using: ``` {{#=}}{{issue."technical task".remaining estimate.sum}} / 60{{/}} ```

Thank you for your assistance. Best regards, [Your Name]

{{#=}}{{issue."Technical Task".remaining estimate.sum}} / 60{{/}}

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Tehmina Aslam 

For a question like this, please post an image of your complete automation rule, images of any relevant actions / conditions / branches, an image of the audit log details showing the rule execution, and explain what is not working as expected.  Those will provide context for the community to offer ideas.  Thanks!

Until we see those...

 

You describe an issue hierarchy of:

• Epic
  • Product Story
    • Technical Task
      • Subtask

And so your issues likely use the built-in parent field to link together.

The expression you show will not work, as "Technical Task" is not a field / smart value: it is an issue type.

Instead you would need to gather the Technical Task issues for their parent (a Product Story) and then sum the values.  To do this, you could use the Lookup Issues action and then reference the smart values for time tracking.

Here are some references to help do that:

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-automation-actions/#Lookup-issues

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/#--issue.timetracking--

 

Kind regards,
Bill