How do I automatically input default due dates criteria into Jira?

[Rebekah Jolly]

On our Marketing team, we created a default timeline process that I want to incorporate into our Jira boards. For instance, developing content should take about 5 days and then after it's sent to design for a new layout, it should be about 4 days. We have a few default timelines that I want to put into Jira so that it can automatically change all the subsequent subtask dates to be in line with those timelines we created. Does anyone know how to do this?

EX: 5 days for new content and 4 days for new layout, so Jira would read that input on a newly created "ticket" and select the due dates automatically under that criteria.

[Rudy Holtkamp]

Hi @Rebekah Jolly and welcome to the community,

With automation for Jira you can set the due date when an issue goes to a new status. 

So if you go from Status A > Status B, you can set the due date to x days from now, with a smart value like: {{now.plusDays(x)}}  Where x is a positive number.

It will look something like this.

For every transition you make a new rule.

I hope this helps,

Rudy