I have a custom field (number) and on transition post function I want to increment the value by 1

Question

On Jira Cloud I have a custom field (number) and would like to increment the value between a certain transition in the workflow. How can I do this? Do I just need to create a transition post function on a custom field?

Tanya B. · Answer

Very nice, I've used this same concept for AtTask/WorkFront.  It works nicely.

Stuart_eumk1x · Answer

Hi, if you want an old school way of doing this without an add-on or a script I did this:

I created a custom text field then added a post function to status change to add a field value  with an 'I' and selected Append Value so every time it passes this state it add another 'I', this resulted in a field displaying 'IIIIIII'

I then used this in a report by exporting into Excel and using the =LEN(cell) to count the number of 'I's in the field.

Alexey Matveev · Answer

Hello,

You would need an add-on for it.

For example, you could use the Power Scripts add-on:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/43318/power-scripts-jira-script-automation?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

You could write a post function with a code like this:

#{Your custom field name} = #{Your custom field name} + 1;