Bill Sheboy Expert

Honestly, I have no idea why that function is different. And I am still surprised you are getting results with created variables as function parameters. The only open defect I saw for func() and date functions is a problem interpreting string fields as numeric values: https://codebarrel.atlassian.net/browse/AUT-1791 If you…

Hi @new bepe Regarding your questions: * Categorizing work by feature: To help categorize work you could use component, labels, information in a custom field, or epics to contain the work items. * Designer tasks: One reason I suggested team discussion is your answer depends upon how you work. If design work happens…

Garrett, would you please post an image of your complete automation rule? That may provide context as you note you are not using created variables and yet you seem to be using variables in the function calls. If posting the image is not possible, I suggest working with your site admin to submit a defect to customer support…

Thanks, and I agree. I submitted a defect for not being able to pass variables as function parameters last year. Here are the public backlog items if you want to watch them: * https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-75659 * https://codebarrel.atlassian.net/browse/AUT-2022 Best regards, Bill

Hi @Yalan Caslen -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community! What do you mean by a "what if retrospective"? Thanks! I find that many retrospectives could use an experimental mindset and ask "what if" questions to lead to hypothesis, experiment, and feedback to improve more. Best regards, Bill

Hi @BrentBot For something like this, please consider using one rule (not two) and an if/else condition to handle the two cases. The reason to do this: Your regular expressions overlap. The tests for "1" and "2" in the AM-condition could be found inside of the PM-condition values, and so if the AM rule runs first it will…

Hi @Nicholas Schneider -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community! I believe that is possible, and you will need to experiment a bit to make it work. I recently created a monthly calendar in an issue description using such formatting with an automation rule. The way I found the correct formatting, panel/macro codes, and logic…

Hi @Brenda Higgs There could be marketplace addons for such date-based capacity planning. You may want to try searching on those terms in the marketplace...or perhaps a vendor will respond to your post here. Another idea...If your client doesn't want people logging work (time tracking?) on Jira issues, and they want to be…

Hi @new bepe -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community! One approach is to "take it to the team": * sit down with your team and discuss how you work together (steps), and how you build/release work (pipeline); * discuss what you want to see/measure that will help you; * try to set up Jira to match your team's steps and…

Thanks, @Alex And here is the link to the 17 year old Cloud ticket for this suggestion, if people want to watch/vote for it: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-3157 We set up a webhook to push out logs and watch them in an external tool, just to track things which can age out of the Jira logs. Best regards, Bill

Hi @Kokko Tso -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community! For a question like this, please consider posting an image of your complete rule and of the audit log, showing the rule execution. That will offer more context for the community to offer ideas. Thanks! Without seeing your rule, I have no idea how this could work as…

Hi @Idan Naamad You note what you do not want to see (specific subtask in a specific status), but you do not describe what you want to see. Please consider explaining the problem you are trying to solve and what you want to see. That may provide more context for the community to offer suggestions. Thanks! Best regards, Bill

Hi @Michael Fuhrman -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community! Yes, and...to what Jack noted: there are several suggestions to add the epic to the swim lane, summary information; all are several years old: * https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSWCLOUD-9699 * https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSWCLOUD-15015 *…

Gotcha, and FYI the pipe is normally the default operator for cloud automation smart values; so if the left side is invalid it uses the right side value. I also run into "undocumented behaviors" when using automation rules, so no surprise this one works differently too. __Bill

Hi @Mike Rathwell I wonder how that pipe character is working with a list. I would think this would work: {{issue.customfield_10661.displayName.split(" ").first}} Best regards, Bill

Michael, I believe that specific image is of the cycle time report, which is available when using deployment (DevOps) tools with Jira. If you do not have your source control and release pipeline tools integrated, you could use the built-in control chart with quick filters to greatly simply what is shown. Another option is…

Hey, Brenden. Good catch! If you are on a paid Jira instance you may want to submit that to support as a defect: https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/ __Bill

Hi @Kian Stack Mumo Systems Thanks for the information about that marketplace app. Did you note in the overview the app that it will become a paid app at the end of 3rd quarter 2021? NOTE: This cloud app is currently in Beta Testing. We will be updating and improving the app based on user feedback through the 3rd quarter…

Hi @Brenden Forte That is curious; I am able to reference epics as such for team-managed projects in automation rules. Please consider posting an image of your automation rule and the audit log with the failure/symptom; that may provide more context for the community to offer ideas. Thanks! Best regards, Bill

Hi @Liesl Jordaan -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community! The short answer is: you may need to investigate custom reporting options for purchase from the marketplace: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud Longer answer: * Regarding time tracking, the built-in report has just a few options. You may want to…

Hi @Brant Schroeder As a variation of that when I help with team formation for a project, we use exercises to: * Identify stakeholders and communication plans to support them * Make visible what people can do and what they want to learn how to do. This reveals hidden talent/capacity and opportunities for people to learn…

Awesome; I'm glad to learn that helped! That extra filter is handy, leaving the main filter in place to control reporting and the sub-filter to manage the board...and it is easy to forget about it. :^)

Hi @Julianne Soifer Have you checked your Kanban board sub-filter to see if it is excluding those issue types? That setting is the additional filter at the bottom of the settings page where your main filter is found. Best regards, Bill

Hi there! @Darryl Lee If I remove the spacing from your suggestion it is identical to what @Ivan D posted. Are you noting this is a spacing issue? Thanks! @Ivan D You are showing a literal value for "group_name". Is it indeed a literal value or is it a smart value, such as "{{issue.someField}}"? Best regards, Bill

Hi @Neil Wills Has your rule changed or does the audit log show any other symptoms? And perhaps consider posting an image of your current rule to see how the community can help. Thanks! Best regards, Bill

Hi @Yuval Gershfeld When recommending a marketplace vendor product, please ensure that you disclosure your affiliation to that vendor in your post wording. For more information about this, please see: Atlassian Community online guidelines for Marketplace and Solution Partners…

Hi @Sudipto_Roy You will need to prefix (or concatenate) the existing labels from the epic onto that created variable, and then you can save them all. Best regards, Bill

Thanks for clarifying, Brendan, and...I would hope that specific measure would only be valuable for a few weeks, and so perhaps consider not building/buying anything too elaborate to support this. Maybe even measure it manually, or just review the built-in time tracking reporting to see how that helps. I suggest this…

Hi @Sathya Bidyanand -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community! I do not believe that is possible with out-of-the-box JQL. You would need either a marketplace addon to enhance JQL (like ScriptRunner) or to use automation rules to count the subtasks and store that value in a custom field. However, if you are showing subtasks on…

Hi @Justin Berneburg There is an open backlog to add this suggested feature: https://codebarrel.atlassian.net/browse/AUT-273 Until something like that happens, you could hard-code the logic or work-around and leverage the function using the assignee field: * trigger: whatever you are using * action: create variable to save…