ID Field for "Story Point"

Question

Hi there,

I'm looking to create a script that will allow me to extract a few KPIs, including the number of story points in a sprint and the number of story points achieved at the end of the sprint.

I'm looking for the "ID" of the "Story Points" field, which is not a custom field, but the one natively present in Jira.

Could you please help me? I see a lot of things but nothing very specific. Thank you very much.

Lucas Modzelewski _Lumo_ · Answer

Easy trick is to use JQ (try something that you are sure will return results in that field),

Search for any issues, then:

* search and show additional fields
* switch to JQL view 
* click on the field name to sort it -> you will see the Id of the sorted field

I used it a lot to merge duplicated and similar fields and check for the missing values or anomalies

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Wakil BENAMOUR

Do you mean the custom field id for the field?  If so...

There are several ways to find that information.  One is to call the REST API from a browser tab, with your example issue, to find the id: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field/

And please note well, there are unfortunately two "story point" fields built-in for Jira now:

* company-managed projects use the "Story points" field
* team-managed projects use the "Story point estimate" field

In some places in the UX, they are both referred to as "Story Points".  Please use the id for the specific field you need.

Kind regards,
Bill