Work Item Essentials

by Agile Catalyst LimitedAtlassianFree

Adds Jira fields for recording when work starts and measuring the age and cycle time of work items.

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CATEGORYData and analytics
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What it does

Adds Start Date and Work Item Age fields to Jira work items. A configured workflow transition records the starting point, while selected statuses indicate when work in progress ends. The resulting fields can be shown on Kanban boards and used in filters, reports, and queries.

Key capabilities

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Start date recording

Stores a work item's start date after the first configured transition occurs.

Age calculation

Calculates the elapsed age of a work item from its recorded start date.

Cycle time measurement

Uses the recorded starting point to calculate work item cycle time.

Status configuration

Allows configuration of transitions that begin timing and statuses that indicate completed work in progress.

Jira field display

Makes the recorded fields available in Kanban board cards, filters, reports, and queries.

How it compares

Work Item Essentials is free and cloud-only. Auto Calculated Fields is freemium and cloud-only, while sumUp for Jira is paid and available for data center, cloud, and server. The listing was updated in Oct 2025, compared with Nov 2025 for Auto Calculated Fields and Sep 2026 for sumUp for Jira.

NamePricingDeploymentUpdated
Work Item Essentialsthis pluginFreeCloud
Auto Calculated FieldsFreemiumCloud
sumUp for JiraPaidCloud · Data Center · Server

In the catalog

630 plugins in Jira · Data and analytics

Price distribution: 189 free, 230 freemium, 211 paid

Pricing & deployment

Platform
Atlassian
Product
Jira
Deployment
Cloud
Pricing
Free

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What the vendor says

«The Work Item Essentials introduces a couple of fields to your Work Items in Jira. Start Date is a field that allows you to setup which transitions can trigger the start of timer which ultimately measures work item age. When one of the configured transitions first occurs the Start Date is set and the timer starts …»

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Agile Catalyst Limited
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