field should automatically show the number of comments that have been added to the ticket.

[a.salla]

If i create a field Number of comments in a project . that field should automatically show the number of comments that have been added to the ticket in project. 

Any suggestions or possibilities on this ?

Thanks in Advance. 

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @a.salla 

You could use an Automation Rule to update such a field using the smart value to get the current count of comments on the issue:

{{issue.comments.size}}

References:

Smart values for Comments: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/#--issue.comments--

Interacting with smart values for lists: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-lists/