Mykenna Cepek Expert

I might suggest avoiding the word "grooming". The Scrum Guide replaced that word with "refinement" in 2013 (for reasons). I've seen some teams use Backlog Refinement to prepare for Sprint Planning - focusing on relevance, priority, estimation, and clarity/readiness. Sounds reasonable, and such teams often have very short…

Yes, I've done this. It sounds simple, but it's actually rather tricky with Jira Automation. I'll try to summarize the approach that is working for us. - - - Rule A triggers on Create, Update, Transition and Move. It uses a Conditional right away to focus only on Story-level issues (so this rule ignores Epics and…

Actually, yes - sort of. You can export all your Jira Automation rules, which writes them out in JSON format. Unfortunately, it's not formatted "pretty", so I find that I need to run it through a beautifier, or read it into something (IDE, app, editor) which can reformat it for more visual clarity. Then you can identify…

The estimated time and remaining time fields can be edited directly (assuming you have permissions) and set to zero manually. To reset the "temporal tracking" you'd have to go into the Worklog Entries for the issue and delete them. Again, you'll need the appropriate permissions to do this. The ability to delete Worklog…

The Recently Updated macro will display this on a Confluence page. Programmatically, you can use the Confluence REST API to query for Content, and set: * the spaceKey parameter for the space of interest, and * the orderby parameter to sort by last updated DESC I'm fuzzy about whether spaceKey is required. If so, you might…

I checked in our Jira Cloud instance, and didn't find any odd behavior when entering and viewing email addresses in various Jira text fields. I did observe differences between behavior in the Create Issue dialog vs other viewing/editing of Jira issues -- but that's a known issue. The editor used when creating Jira issues…

I've not used ScriptRunner, but it looks like you can use it to make REST API calls. So between the JIRA API and the Tempo API, I would think you have all the tools you need for some level of support for your validation use case. I'm not sure if ScriptRunner gives you the ability to insert a validation check between the…

Ah, I see your concern @Bill Sheboy. I think the solution (to avoid looping/deadlock) is to be mindful of what fields are being used at triggers, and what fields are being changed. If... * The first rule triggers (only) on a change to the "Start Date", and revises "Due Date" in other issues * The second rule triggers on…

I'm not sure I see the deadlock concern that Bill suggests, but it's wise to think through any re-triggering situation to ensure you don't create any kind of re-triggering loop between issues. Bill's suggestion to build incrementally is spot-on! A few more thoughts: * It sounds like your net goal is to have Due Date…

@RVS_Support - just for clarity, does your app actually set the ∑ fields in the Epics to the aggregate totals?

Jira Automation will likely be able to handle your use-cases. It will likely take at least two automation rules to accomplish what you want to do. Here are my thoughts and suggestions: * Your first bullet is a relatively easy rule. The funnest part will be performing the date computation, which automation fully supports.…

Hi @Niharika Verma - Can I clarify a few things in your question? * When you say "teams", do you mean "Tempo Teams"? Or do you mean "people with access to a specific Jira project"? Or something else? * When you say "scripting", do you mean custom coding to use the Jira REST API? Or are you referring to a specific scripting…

Note that there is also a field for "∑ Remaining Time", which again does what you would expect -- but again only aggregating from Subtasks-to-Stories (not from Stories-to-Epic). These "aggregate fields" work as noted here in terms of viewing Jira issues, Jira Automation, JIRA API, etc. Curiously, elsewhere in Jira the…

They provide an aggregate of those values for Story-level issues by totaling up the values from the child Subtasks. You might have hoped that they would also aggregate the time to Epics from the child Stories under that Epic. But no, Jira doesn't currently do that. I don't understand why, but it just doesn't. More…

Good point, @Erin Quick-Laughlin. Jira Automation can send web requests outbound. So this approach can be used for "data flow" from Jira to a custom web service. But this functionality doesn't support the "use [of] python as [a] scripting language for automation" as noted in the original post. Maybe it helps with part of…

Hi @Ramiro Justet. I'm sorry there isn't a better answer for you on this. But currently Jira Automation cannot do what you want here. I know it looks simple, but many of us have tried and failed. The current architecture of Jira Automation doesn't properly support "computing a sum in a loop". If you want to read more about…

You can use the Jira REST API from most any language, including python. The built-in Jira Automation, however, doesn't support embedded scripting.

This might help: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/agile-at-scale/portfolio-and-align

Thanks @Bill Sheboy for the link to that JAC issue - voted, watching and commented!

I'm a little confused by your question (and how you've tagged your question). Using Jira Cloud on a Mac means we're using a browser to get to Jira. Command+W in the three browsers I use will close (only) the current browser tab. There really isn't a way to "quit the app" when using Jira Cloud. Your Jira Cloud is always…

That doesn't sound like expected behavior. I recommend reporting it as a bug. It's good that you checked the JAC first for an existing report.

Hi Lacey, welcome to the Atlassian Community. Sorry, but the answer is: nope. Attachments are just that - files attached to an issue. Jira stores each attachment as a binary blob in the database. Trying to incorporate editors for every filetype into Jira just isn't feasible. Have you considered using Confluence as a way to…

The "workday" setting is at the Board level, not the Project level. From your Scrum Board or Kanban Board go to "Board Settings" (in the 3-dots menu) and then "Working Days". Adjust that and see if it fixes things. I also have found the "number of days remaining in a sprint" to be wrong at times. I've never quite…

For reference (from the Jira Pricing page): The example above illustrates a 400x expansion of "automation limits" going from the Standard plan to the Premium plan. You might want to review the Jira Plan grid (linked above) to see other features that might have value for your organization at the Premium plan level. If you…

I'm glad you solved your mystery. Accessing an Advanced Roadmap through the "Plans" drop-down gives you all the access to the plan you are allowed. For most of our projects, that approach offers a read/write version of the Roadmap (since we let team members update the plan). Separate permissions settings are available for…

I'm not aware of a way to "limit the rules" to avoid the concerns you're raising. They are valid concerns! But the triggers available for Automation rules trigger as configured, and subsequent conditions "narrow down" the scope of the rest of the rule actions. So there aren't any tricks to reducing the number of rule…

Ok, then the most likely explanation is that your Jira Cloud version is actually Free or Standard, and not Premium (or Enterprise). As shown here: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/pricing (see the row for "Roadmaps") only Basic Roadmaps are offered for the first two Plan types. Advanced Roadmaps are available in the…

This may be a bit off-topic, but your use-case for a "Latest Comment" field is something that Automation in Jira Cloud can easily handle. An automation rule can copy each new comment into a custom "Latest Comment" field. I also notice that there are a variety of "Advanced Custom Fields" related to other "last comment data"…

Hi again @Carin Campanario it looks like you are in a Team-Managed Project (not a Company-Managed Project). Perhaps you can confirm that this header and footer match what you are seeing: And you're right, that expand/collapse feature does NOT appear to be available in the Basic Roadmap offered in Team-Managed Projects…

Agreed. @Rich Wolverton , you wrote: Most Projects have a Status Comment custom field to display the current status of activities on a Dashboard Can you clarify this? What type of field is this custom field? Was this a field you used before migrating to Jira Cloud?