Jira Automation: Looking to set due date based on start date value+7

[Jonathan Smith]

Hello,

  I am looking to set my due date field in Jira automation so it takes the value in start date and adds 7 days. Mind helping me out?

Here is what I tried (which didn't work obviously):

Thanks for your time.

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Jonathan,

Can you share the entire rule?  

Are you updating the Due Date based on the Start Date in the same issue? Or from a Trigger issue? Because what you have should work in the same issue. Otherwise you should use 

{{triggerissue.startDate.plusDays(7)}}

[Jonathan Smith]

Same issue. Parent's due date should be based on the parent's start date+7.

I am planning to remove due date from the create screen, but want it filled out and available in view/edit.

[Jonathan Smith]

Trigger did not work. 

[John Funk]

So you would not use triggerissue in this case because it is the same issue. 

And if you just use issue.startDate then it does not work either? 

I would suggest using the ID of the custom field then. The syntax would look like:

{{issue.customfield_10779.plusDays(7)}}  where 10779 in this example is the value of the Start Date field. To find that, go to Settings > Issues > Custom Fields.

Search for the field. Then click the 3 dots menu on the right hand side and select Contexts and Default Value. Then look at the URL to find the ID. 

[Jonathan Smith]

BINGO - {{issue.customfield_10015.plusDays(7)}} worked.

Thanks for your assistance!

[John Funk]

Awesome!

[Tim Perrault]

Hi @Jonathan Smith 

What is the trigger?

Tim

[Tim Perrault]

Try this

{{triggerIssue.startDate.plusDays(7)}}

[Jonathan Smith]

Hi @Tim Perrault , 

  See above.

Thanks!

[Tim Perrault]

{{sprint.startDate.plusDays(7)}}

[Jonathan Smith]

Start date wouldn't always be "now", it could be a future date. The code supplied would be due date = now +7, which doesn't work for my requirements.