How can I automatically log work in Greenhopper?

[John Price]

I am just starting on Greenhopper and we were going to try to just use the original estimates rather than work logging (to reduce overhead). What I was hoping was:

* set original estimate

* when closing ticket, GH sets remaining estimate to zero (this works)

* burndown chart shows the hours burned down.

Instead, burndown charts are flat. GH seems to log a dummy 1 minute work log. Do I need to tell the team to start logging work in detail, or is there a way to make this happen on close? Example:

Original Est: 4 hours

* drag to done

* Sets Remaining Est. to 0 hours

* Logs 4 hours work to make the burndown correct

If this isn't possible I would love guidance on how to log work efficiently without extra issue edits/etc.

[Alexander Evert · Accepted solution]

You can create postfunction with functionality to add worklogs to Issue and add it to resolve transition.

Something similar to this:

    public void execute(Map transientVars, Map args, PropertySet ps) throws FieldValidationException {
        WorklogManager worklogManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getWorklogManager();
        WorkflowContext context = (WorkflowContext) transientVars.get("context");
        String username = context.getCaller();
        Issue issue = (Issue) transientVars.get("issue");
        Worklog worklog;
        Long timeSpent = issue.getEstimate();
        Principal principal = ActionContext.getContext().getPrincipalImpl();
        boolean dispatchEvent = false; //Set tot true if you need email notifications
        if (timeSpent != null && timeSpent > 0 && principal != null && principal instanceof User) {
             worklog = new WorklogImpl(worklogManager, issue, null, username, "Place Log Work Comment Here", new Date(),
             null,   null, timeSpent);
             worklogManager.create((User) principal, worklog, 0L, dispatchEvent); 
    }

Moreover you can calculate how long issue was in specific state and log this time as worklog, you can even calculate only working hours between dates.