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How to convert time spent on an issue to actual story points?

Benjamin Santos
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August 1, 2025

Howdy and thank you in advance!

Question

  • How can I leverage JIRA automation to automate the calculation I detail above and update the Actual Story Points field?

Background

  • My team leverages story point estimates per issue (0 = 4hrs, 1 = 8hrs, etc.)
  • Currently, I leverage the Time Spent Sum field that displays the number of hours (i.e. 4.27h) spent on the issue.
  • Then I extract data to excel, convert time format shown above to a number format (i.e. 4.27) and divide that value by 8 to calculate the "Actual Story Points".
  • I have creates a custom field to capture the "Actual Story Points".
  • I have tried the automation on my own leveraging calculation functions and the worklog data smart values but, have come up empty many times.

If I can provide any insights, I am happy to do so.

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Benjamin Santos
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August 1, 2025

Figured it out.

Aside from trigger configuration, edit the desired field and use the following calculation.

{{#=}}ROUND({{issue.fields.timetracking.timeSpentSeconds}} / 28800, 2) {{/}}

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