Highest ranked custom field value among all linked issues

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.

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

Select Advanced text as parsing mode.

Add the following expression:

Bash

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:

Title	Field type	JWT feature	Label
Check if an issue was resolved on time	Text	(input latin letters)
Components from all sub-tasks	Text	(input latin letters)
Details of the last comment	Text	(input latin letters)	STAFF PICK
Difference between two dates in business days	Text	(input latin letters)
Display additional details of the issue creator	Text	(input latin letters)
Display current issue's project category	Text	(input latin letters)
Display historic due dates	Text	(input latin letters)
Display reporters of linked Cloud issues	Text	(input latin letters)
Google Maps location	Text	(input latin letters)	STAFF PICK
Highest ranked custom field value among all linked issues	Text	(input latin letters)
Last comment, its author, and timestamp	Text	(input latin letters)	STAFF PICK
Last commenter's full name	Text	(input latin letters)
Status and assignee of parent issue	Text	(input latin letters)