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Use case

This calculated field returns the highest value of a specific custom field among all linked issues.

In this example, the Story Points are returned. The Story points are stored in another custom field called Story Points.


Configuration


Create a new Calculated Text Field (by JWT) custom field and name it properly.

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



Parsing mode

Select Advanced text as parsing mode.


Parser expression

Add the following expression:

first(sort(fieldValue(%{issue.cf10409}, linkedIssues()),DESC))



%{issue.cf10409} is the field code for the custom field Story Points.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:




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, the result will look like this:



Related use cases



JWT feature

Field typeText
Parser functions

first()

sort()

fieldValue()

linkedIssues()

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