Add Current Date in specific field when an Issue changes to other Status

[Jorge de Carlos]

Hello folks,

In order to be able to know how long time an Issue still in each status, I would like to add the date automatically (in an existing field) when the Issue changes the Status (during transsition).

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Example: 

Today (19-10-2022) the status of the issue changes from In "Progress" to "Testing":

I need to have a field (completed automatically) as : FirstDateInTesting: 19-10-2022

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Could you please let me a hand?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Jorge

[John Funk]

Hi Jorge - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

You can do this with an add-on like Automation for Jira or ScriptRunner which will also help calculate the time. 

But you could also populate the date with a Post Function on the transition to set the custom date field value to now()

[Jorge de Carlos]

Thanks a lot for your answer, @John Funk

Unfortunatelly I am not able to edit Post Functions of the transition. May be because I am not logged as Administrator?

Best regards,

Jorge

[John Funk]

Go to Settings > Issues > Workflows and search for the workflow there. Then do a an edit. It might just be how you are coming into the workflow.