How to set rules on customfields in Jira ?

[Saloua_Toumi]

Hello guys, 

I have a pretty confusing usercase, and it doesn't help being a Jira beginner :(. It would be much appreciated if I could get some of your helpful ideas.

I have a custom field "A" with ( X, Y, Z, W, U) as options.

And I have two date picker fields "date1" and "date2", I want to set date1 if rules apply, as follow: 

If A= X or Y  then date1=currentdate + 1 month

if A= Z  then date1=currentdate + 2 months

if A= W or U  then date1=currentdate + 3 months

After that: I want to compare date1 and date2. 

if date2 > date1 then date1 = date2, else, we keep date1 from previous result. 

I hope this is clear, I can be more specific if needed. 

We are using Jira 7.6, with Automation for Jira plugin (3.14.12). Plus Jira workflow toolbox.

Thank you in advance

[Nick Menere · Accepted solution]

Hi @Saloua_Toumi,

To this you need to create a rule that looks like the following:

First this rule uses If/Else branch to check the value of Field A and then set the Date 1 field appropriately.

It then refetches the issue data and performs the second check and updates Date 1 if needed.

The if/else branches should look like:

And the Edit would look like:

You then need to refetch the issue and compare it:

You can then copy Date 2:

Hope that is what you were after.

Cheers,

Nick

[Saloua_Toumi]

Hello @Nick Menere, 

Thank you very much for your answer, it's very clear and detailed, really appreciate the help.

I am trying to test it on preprod but haven't succeeded yet, due to some technical issues on the platform, and the JQL for my custom field. I'll keep you in touch once it's resolved.

I'm going to accept your answer, but still open to new propositions.

Cheers,

Saloua

[Saloua_Toumi]

Hello Grigory,

Thanks for the answer, I don't think I'm allowed to download new plugins :/. 

I'm hopping to find someway to do this using Automation for Jira plugin. Or any idea really.

[Grigory Salnikov]

Hi, @Saloua_Toumi!

In our environment, I had a similar task which was to convert an employee's birthday to the "Current Year Birthday" field so that it would be displayed on the calendar. I managed to accomplish this task with the help of the following free plug-in:

Jira Misc Custom Fields

There's a Calculated Date field there and where we can calculate the field's value based on the other fields' values.