Freeze period for Change Requests

Question

Hi guys,

I was wondering whether anyone has been able to define freeze period windows based on a change's planned start/end date?

Concretely, I would like to define month-end -X days and month-start +X days as being a freeze period, and perform actions in automation based on that.

Something like:

if (planned-time >= 2_days_before_monthend OR planned-time <= 2_days_after_month_start) then xxx

any smart values with dates than can be used here?  the only relevant one I could find is the now.ofTheMonth, but "now" is not really relevant for what I'm trying to achieve

thank you!

Tiago Ervatti · Answer

Hi, I created it to use smart values ​​in this way in Jira Automation. See if it help you.

last business day of the month: {{now.lastBusinessDayOfMonth}}

You can combine with (todate()):

Day of the previous week: .minusWeeks(1)

Previous business day:
.toBusinessDayBackwards

Next business day:
.toBusinessDay

2 working days behind:
.minusBusinessDay(2)

2 business days ahead:
.plusBusinessDay(2)

Then

If {{varBeginDate.todate().jiraDate}} >= planned-time and {{varFinalDate.todate().jiraDate}} <= planned-time

Links:

Automation smart values - date and time | Cloud automation Cloud | Atlassian Support

Date and Time functions 1 | Automation for Jira Cloud and Data Center | Atlassian Documentation

Examples of using smart values with dates | Cloud automation Cloud | Atlassian Support

Marc -Devoteam- · Answer

HI @Andy De Petter

Unfortunate not.

Change planned and start date are used to show changes in the change calendar.

Smart values can't be used in creating a freeze window.

There is also no option in the API for this.