Log absence time on another issue

Use case

In this example, the Log work post function will be used to log work on another ticket.

In this case there is an Jira ticket for each employee. In addition, "Absence" tickets can be created for a specific day. If this ticket get's approved, 8 hours will be logged on the related employee ticket.

Prerequisites

First, we have to create a date custom field to enter the absence day.

Set up the custom field

Create a Date Picker custom field

Name: Absence day

Add the created custom field to the screen(s) of the absence ticket.

Configuration

Add the Log work post function to the desired transition or create a new transition.

Target issue*

Choose Set target issue manually

Expression

Enter the following expression

Current Status field

Field*

Choose Current Status

Expression*

Set it to Advanced and use the following expression

"*" + dateTimeToString({system.currentDateTime}, "yyyy-MM-dd", USER_LANG) + "* - *" + %{system.currentUserFullName} + "*\n" + %{issue.cfnnnnn}

%{issue.cfnnnnn} is the field code for the field Status Update

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