Defining Original Estimation value via API

[Ulf Borgwardt]

Hello,

I'm trying to fill our jira system via scripts using the SOAP or REST api. Unfortunately, I was not able to find a way how to define the field "Original Estimation". On my search, I found the following issue in your database:

https://bobswift.atlassian.net/browse/JCLI-98

Here I found the confirmation, that defining this field was not possible until that time (end of 2012).

My question:

Is this still a limitation in the latest jira version 6.0?

If my use-case is possible, can someone please send me a link with some documentation or an example code snippet?

Thanks in advance

[Aleksander Mierzwicki]

The REST API documentation: https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/#idp1847152
says that you should fill timetracking field like that:

"timetracking": {
  "originalEstimate": "10",
  "remainingEstimate": "5"
},

This should work when creating and upating issue.

Cheers,
Alek.

[Sonu Gupta]

What is 10 and 5 ? Days, months, hours, weeks, minutes ?

[Martin Mais]

Works for me, thanks!

[Duane Mattos]

@Sonu Gupta default is minutes when units aren't specified. To be explicit follow this example:

"timetracking": {
   "originalEstimate": "1d 2h",
   "remainingEstimate": "3h 25m"
}

from:

https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/jira-rest-api-examples/

[devth]

I don't see that mentioned anywhere in the docs. Also, I just tried using your example and it didn't seem to work.

[devth]

Actually, it did work! You should add it to the docs, no?