How to set epic story points based on child issues

Question

I am trying to set up an automation to sum all of the stories, tasks, subtasks ect.. story points to automatically set the EPICS story points.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Hannah Levick -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

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Bill

Stefan Salzl · Answer

Hi @Hannah Levick

welcome to the community

I generally suggest to give story points only to stories not subtasks. If you still wanna go with subtasks I guess you would have to create 2 rules. The following videos guide through exactly your requirements:

https://youtu.be/60sWD66l19k?si=j0dfAy-LiSkZ7VqO

https://youtu.be/PROcxEOMyGM?si=ZqbnWByYztqhGClJ

Best
Stefan