how to automatically trigger a transition after log work?

[Martin Heini]

Logging work in status Open is allowed. But it were nice if status will then change automatically to In Progress. It's quikly done to click 'w' on a card in a board - and to forgot to set issue in correct status. Any idea?

[Deleted user · Accepted solution]

Hi Martin,

Got your support request linked to this question, answering here so others can see it too :)

Alexey is quite correct in that you will need a plugin to do this. With Automation for Jira, you just need to set up a simple automation rule such as the one in the screenshots below.

We just wrote a blog about the work log feature which you can read here. You can try it for free or play around in our Automation playground here if you would prefer. 

Let me know if you have any other questions! 

Cheers,

Simeon [Automation for Jira]

[Martin Heini]

Hi Simeon

that looks very smart - thank you very much. Nice to see that solutions are existing... I will have a look to these plug-in's.

Martin

[Deleted user]

No problems. Ask if you have any more questions or raise a support case.

Cheers,
Simeon.

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

Hello,

You would need a plugin for it.

For example you could use the Power Scripts add-on:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/43318/power-scripts-jira-script-automation?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

You should create a listener for the Work Logged On Issue event with a code like this:

if (status == "Open") {
  autotransition("In Progress", key);

}

[Martin Heini]

Thank you. Looks very interesting - so easy!