Automation - Inherit a date from trigger issue and add X days

[caglad]

We are building an automation rule that takes an epic and uses different types of dates from that to make it a due date on the "standard issue type" children of the epic..

Since I dont have all dates captured in the epic, I want to be able to do something like "configuration due date" plus 5 days. I know if I just want to NOT pull from the trigger date I could do something like 

now.plusBusinessDays(5)

My question is how can I do date on the new issue by saying tiggerissue.configurationduedate-5days. Is this even possible.

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @caglad 

Yes, that is possible.

You will want to use the {{triggerIssue}} smart value as a start: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/#--triggerIssue--

Then you need to identify the correct smart value (or custom field id) for your field: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field/

And finally, use the correct function and units of measure to adjust the date value: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-date-and-time/#Date-minus-unit---

If that does not help, please post images of the complete rule, the action where you are performing the date adjustment, and of the audit log details showing the rule execution.  Those will provide context for the community to make suggestions.

Kind regards,
Bill

[caglad]

So, it would be....

{{triggerIssue.customfield_10226.plusbusinessDays(5)}}

[caglad]

THANK YOU!!! that worked! should know to ask before spending 2 hours...