Automation: Copy value from "Original Estimate" field to custom field

Question

Hello,

we are using Miro and the JIRA Plugin to display the issues as cards for High-level planning. Unfortunately, the plugin does not support certain fields like "Original Estimate", which is important for us.

I figured that a workaround could be to copy the value from the "Original Estimate" field to a custom field (a number field, that won't appear in any of the screen schemes) and have this then shown on the issue cards in Miro.

I tried to set up an automation, also with the information I got from questions related to the "Original Estimate" field regarding automations, but I could not get it to work yet.

My approach so far...

Does anybody have an idea how I could configure the automation?

Thank you,

Mark

Bill Sheboy · Answer

In that case, your custom field (for display in Miro) should be set based on which value you want to show, and there should be no need for the advanced edit with JSON:

As a number of seconds: {{issue.timetracking.originalEstimateSeconds}}

As a human-readable, pretty printed, calendar / time value: {{issue.timetracking.originalEstimate}}

Marc -Devoteam- · Answer

HI @mark.liebold

Original estimate is not a number but a Time format.

You could copy the value into a text field, can Miro show this on a card(as this is related to your request)?

Example

mark.liebold · Answer

Hi Bill,

no, I want to copy the value from the Original Estimate to a custom field.

The value change trigger is there for test reasons for myself (having a test ticket and changing the value there to see if the automation works), it will be a manual trigger once the actual configuration for copying the field is in place.

I want to run the rule once to update the custom field to get the value from the Original Estimate field. On Miro I can show the custom field. This way I can get have Original Estimate also on a issue card on Miro.