Supported Operators

Created by Calvin Senteza (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Oct 15, 2022 by Vincent Mutambuki



Supported Operators

What can Abacus do?

Abacus is designed to make complex computing within JIRA easier. Instead of writing scripts as a developer, Abacus allows project administrators to create and maintain formulas for their own projects. 

Supported Operators

Name

Operators

Example

Name

Operators

Example

Addition

 +

Field A + Field B = Field C

Field A + 5 = Field C

Subtraction

-

Field A - Field B = Field C

Field A - 5 = Field C

Multiplication

*

Field A * Field B = Field C

Field A * 2 = Field C

Division

÷

Field B ÷ Field A = Field C

Field B ÷ 3 = Field C

Exponents

^

Field B ^ Field A = Field C

Field A ^ (1/2) = Field C

Modulus

%

Field A % 2 = Field C

Field A % Field B = Field C

 

Order of Operations

Order of Operations

((Field A * 2) / Field C) + Field B = Field D

(Field A + Field B) ^ 2 = Field C