Rolling up logged work to Epic and Initiative

[Sam Dunne]

I have seen some contributors on here have had success using automations to roll up logged time from story/bug/task to Epic.

I want to do the same, and I also then want to roll up to Initiative. I haven't seen any discussion on rolling up to initiative level.

Here are the automations, which haven't worked so far:

Any input would be hugely appreciated!

Sam

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Sam Dunne -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

What is not working as you expected with the rule to update the Initiative?  Perhaps if you post the audit log for that rule it will provide more context.

Until we see that...

By default, the actions of one rule do not trigger other rules.  This is to prevent accidental runaway rule executions or recursions.

When you intentionally want the actions of one rule to trigger another (e.g., updates to the Epic to trigger the Initiative updating rule), please enable this option in the details at the top of the downstream rule:

Check to allow other rule actions to trigger this rule. Only enable this if you need this rule to execute in response to another rule.

Please use this option only when needed, and let your Jira Site Admin know when you have rules with this enabled.  That will help them track any problems in site rules.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Yogesh Mude]

@Sam Dunne Welcome to the community!

I just checked and the below rule is working fine and adding the child item work log to its parent and also should work for Initiative level as well...but just make shure to add some delays in between both rules as it need to update the time spent on the Epic and then from Epic to Initiative.

[Sam Dunne]

I have created similar rules to yours above but the outcome is an overinflated calculation of Time Spent at the Initiative level:

1. Epic roll up

[Yogesh Mude]

outcome is an overinflated calculation of Time Spent at the Initiative level:

can you please elaborate little bit with an example.