Display thee date-time of the linked epic

Use case

This calculated field will return the creation date of the linked epic.

This is useful for reporting purposes and keeping track of the current issue's progress.

Create a new Calculated Date-Time Field (by JWT) custom field and name it appropriately.

Providing a description will help you to identify what the custom field does, but this step is optional.

Add the following expression:

Date/Time expression for Calculated date/time field:

first(fieldValue({issue.created}, linkedIssues("has Epic")))

{issue.created} is the field code for the numeric value of Date and time of creation.

To achieve this, the following functions have been used:

Click on Edit Display Format to configure the display format

Choose Date Time Picker as Format type

Add the field to the relevant view screens.

Remember: All calculated fields are read-only and cannot be manually updated on a create or edit screen.

Check the results.

Once configured and added to an issue screen (e.g. an epic), the result will look like this: Screenshot

Use case	Field type	Use case description	Complexity
Creation date of the linked epic	Date-time
Predicted completion date of an epic	Date-time
Predicted resolution date based on business hours	Date-time
Set the calculated field's visibility in function of the username, role or group	Date-time Number Text

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