Automation to allocate Planned Start and End Dates from Sprint Dates

Question

Has anyone created an automation that can be controlled via Category (as in all projects that fall within it) to run a rule that as soon as a Sprint Starts, select the Planned End Date and use the {{Sprint.Startdate}} etc.

The issue I have found is that you have to select a board, but you can only do that on one project (*required) thought about doing it at Status change to Added in Sprint, as this can be applied to a group of projects, but not working.

Any Help?

Gor Greyan · Answer

Hi @Andy Nabbs

You can set just the Schedule Issue Trigger, which will be simply run with condition.

Then you can set the conditions that
 I have provided.

Andy Nabbs · Answer

unable to see schedule in triggers, is this a JQL trigger?

Ankit Srivastava_3e9eks · Answer

Hi Andy,

I hope you’re having a great day!

For the automation rule to function correctly, your scrum board must include all project issues which is required or that align with your filter query, and the automation rule should be set up for that specific scrum board.

As you may know, when a sprint is created, Jira automatically designates that board as the original sprint board.

If you have multiple boards using the same filter query and a sprint has already been created on the original board (used in Automation), starting that sprint from any of the boards will trigger your automation. However, if you do not have a future sprint created on the original board and you close the sprint from another board, then create a new sprint from that board, the automation will fail when you attempt to start the sprint from the original board or any other boards. You will receive a message stating, "Sprint does not belong to the required board."

I hope this information helps you effectively plan your scrum board sprints and the associated automation.

Thanks,
Ankit Srivastava