Automation needs to run only on Saturdays in JSM Cloud, but there is no option for that?

[Berik Irgebayev]

Hi,

I was asked to create an automation that would only run (auto-assign) every saturday from 17:00 till 23:30. However, I don't see an option or a way to achieve that. 

It is either on specific date, or specific timeframe, or specific time in seems. I clicked around on conditions but none seem to fit what I need it to do. 

Is it possible? If so, how do I achieve that?

[Dan Breyen · Accepted solution]

Hi @Berik Irgebayev Cron is a time-based syntax for that Jira can use for scheduling jobs to run at a specific time or at specific intervals.  

Here's a definition of Cron

Cron on Wikipedia 

I use this page to help me figure out my Cron Expression:

cron-expression-generator 

but there a plenty out there.

As Tuncay mentioned, if you click on the Advanced tab, you can add a cron expression to say when you'd like your job to run.

[Berik Irgebayev]

wow, You learn something new every day. Thank you

[Tuncay Senturk]

Hi @Berik Irgebayev 

You can schedule an automation rule to run weekly on a specific day, like Saturday, but there isn’t a built-in way to restrict it to a specific time window within that day (17:00 to 23:30). However, you can (to some extent) achieve this by combining a scheduled trigger with conditional checks within the automation. 

Set up a schedule trigger to run every hour on Saturdays, (select advanced and type below cron expression 

0 17-23 * * 6

This checks every hour on Saturdays between 17:00 and 23:00.

Then add a condition to restrict the time window

 {{now.format("HHmm")}}

  Condition: is less than
  Value: 2330

and the auto-assign action to run within this time window.

I hope that was helpful

[Berik Irgebayev]

Hi @Tuncay Senturk ,

Thanks for taking the time to answer. Not sure what your mean by "cron expression", but I figured I will keep it simple and simply make it run on Saturday. Even that is not something I can easily find. Seems like I will have to search up JQL condition of sorts...?

[Tuncay Senturk]

By default it shows you the Basic (where you select days, hours etc). If you select Advanced, you'll see cron expression there

[Berik Irgebayev]

I think I clicked about everywhere to find that Advanced option but really can't see it. Is it available in JSM cloud?