Knowledge Base Articles
Knowledge Base Articles
Breadcrumbs

Log automated work on a Jira transition

This article is for Tempo for Cloud

There might be a need to automate logging work triggered by an action in Jira. For example, you need to make sure that there has been logged work on Jira transition. This can easily be achieved with Automation for Jira Cloud. In the example, you will leverage the Tempo REST APIs ( creating a worklog ) with an Access token .

Instructions

Please follow these steps:

  1. From your Jira project settings navigate to Automations.

  2. Define the trigger that will activate the automation. There are many ways to do so. In this example, you can choose a workflow transition.

    image-20200902-095330.png


  3. Next, define the action that the automation rule should perform for you. From the list of actions available pick “Send web request”.

  4. Now fill in the required fields similar to the screenshot below. Jira automation offers numerous smart values in the payload of your request.

    image-20230410-145853.png
    POST worklog



  5. Before you publish the automation you can validate the action to make sure it works properly. You will see a detailed response in case of a failed validation.

 

Some other articles related to automations for Tempo for Jira Cloud