Set Entity Property for Date Picker field with calculated value

Question

Hi folks,

I'm looking for another perspective on how to set a custom field with a calculated date value based on an automation trigger. I'm able to create the calculated date value with the help of @Bill Sheboy and this post, but I am having difficulties in setting the calculated date value via the "Set Issue Property" (aka "Set entity property") action. Here is the full automation:

You will see I created a variable {{newDate}}, which is:

{{issue.customfield_10037.plusBusinessDays(fieldChange.from.toDate.diff(fieldChange.to.toDate).BusinessDays)}}

This does return the correct calculated date value. However, when I use the "Set Issue Property" (aka "Set entity property") action with either of the screenshotted configurations below, the logs note "Successfully set entity property." but the entity property isn't changed.

I'm pretty sure there's a simple thing I'm missing here, but I'm spinning my wheels at this point.

Thanks in advance for help!

John Funk · Answer

Great! Glad you were able to get it solved!

Oliver Monaco_hbc49r · Answer

Thanks for following up @John Funk. Apologies for not closing this loop, but I believe I found that "Set Entity Property" wasn't working for this purpose. I was able to use "Edit Issue" and use the following body to push the date.  In this block, {{ newStartDate }} is of course a smart variable with the newly calculated date

{
"fields": {
"Start Date Field": " {{ newStartDate }} "
}
}

John Funk · Answer

@Oliver Monaco  - Did Bill's solution above solve this for you?