Calculate Due Date Automatically

[ThePokyWizard]

In Jira Cloud, is it possible to define that a task has X days to complete after a user is assigned to it?

At this moment, based on X days, does it calculate a new "due date"?

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @ThePokyWizard 

You could do that with an Automation Rule.

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-cloud-automation/

The basic structure would be:

Trigger: Issue Assigned

Action: Edit Issue

  Field to Set: Due Date

  Value {{now.plusDays(X).jiraDate}}

However, how do you decide and annotate the number of days it can have? And do those days include weekends?

X has to be replaced by the number of days. The exact thing you put here depends on how you are annotating the number of days. Is that in another field in the issue? Do you have to calculate that based on other field values?

Another factor is do you want the Due Date changed if the Assignee changes? And, do you want the Due Date cleared if the issue is unassigned? The answers to those questions could change the rule.