Sum custom field in Task and Story

Question

Hi,

We need to create a rule

I need to create a rule that is capable of adding a faithful custom called Story Point (Portfolio) of all the tasks of the Story and Task type, and the sum is displayed in a field called Current Story Point, located in the Epic.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Ismael

@Bill Sheboy provided you with a solution path to explore - using the Send Web Request action in an Automation Rule to call the Rest API.

Ismael_4ahbmd · Answer

Is there no way to do this with automation rules?

What is the technical reason for Jira Software Data Center 9.14, for not being able to do this with automation rules?

Bill Sheboy · Answer

@Ismael please see my post above ^^^^

To update the parent issue with the sum of a custom field, you would need to gather the issues using the REST API, called from the Send Web Request action.

Here is a how-to article for calling the REST API from a rule: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Automation-for-Jira-Send-web-request-using-Jira-REST-API/ba-p/1443828

I believe this is the REST API endpoint you need: https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/9.13.0/#api/2/search-search

Finally, you may need to use the custom field id rather than the field name.  This how to article will help identify that value for your field: https://confluence.atlassian.com/automation/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field-993924665.html