Post Function due date based on original estimate that triggers on transition

[Christian]

Trying to find a Post-Function groovy script that can accomplish the need to:

1. set the "Due Date"
   1. Only count Monday to Friday as viable days
2. based on the "Original Estimate"
3. But only when the task transitions from "To Do --> In Progress".

I am guessing that i would need to call an event to store the "original estimate" and then add that to the "new Date()" and then copy that to the due date.

Something along the lines of:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy");
Date dt = new Date();
long time = (dt.getTime()+(issue.get("timeoriginalestimate")/3600)/8);
String duedate = sdf.format(time);

Currently there are tasks that are estimated but cannot be started due to others in priority, therefore i cannot set a due date on an item.

[Christian · Accepted solution]

Found this thread in the forums:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/Post-function-to-update-due-date-to-14-days-in-the-future/qaq-p/618533

The solution that i came up with was to add the groovy script in the:

Post Function inside: To Do --> In Progress, so when the user moves the issue to in progress the following will fire:

Update parameters of the Scripted (Groovy) operation on issue (JMWE add-on) Function for this transition.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import java.sql.Timestamp;
int days = (issue.get("timeoriginalestimate")/3600/8);
Calendar dueDate = Calendar.getInstance();

while (days > 0) {
dueDate.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1)
--days;
}

/* Adjust for weekends > set to following Monday */
int dow = dueDate.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
if (dow == 7) {
dueDate.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 2)
} else if (dow == 1) {
dueDate.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1)
}

issue.setDueDate(new Timestamp(dueDate.getTimeInMillis()));

I changed the day stamp from "14 days", to instead point to the "timeoriginalestimate" instead which solves the issue of needing to set a due date on anything from a planning standpoint and not knowing when the issue will be completed by.  Instead the due date will now be auto filled in based on the time estimate.

[Swati Kahol]

Hi @Christian 

We have recently published a kb article to add Orginal estimate to a date field using Automation for Jira. Hope this helps :)

https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/automate-due-date-of-an-issue-from-original-estimate-1021245282.html

Thanks
Swati