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This is the documentation of JSU for Jira Server/Data Center. If you are using JSU on Jira Cloud, see our JSU Cloud documentation. |
Description
The ' Copy Value From Other Field ' post - function copies the value of one field to another field. Since JSU 2.1.0 you can configure any number of source/destination field pairs. In addition to copying values from fields, this post - function can also copy from/to comments. The copy operation will be performed either within the very same issue or to/from some related issue.
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It is important to place the post function in the correct order of other post functions.
Create Transition
The 'The Create ' transition is the very first transition, which does not yet has have a source status (only destination status - usually Open, but could also be another).
If you are using the " Copy Value From Other Field " post function in the Create transition, in general, you must position it BEFORE the "Creates the issue originally." and before the "Re-index an issue to keep indexes in sync with the database." post function.
For certain field types (used as source or destination) ", the Copy Value From Other Field " has to must be positioned AFTER "Creates the issue originally." but before "Re-index an issue to keep indexes in sync with the database."
Affected fields are:
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Exception for
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Copy Value From Other Field
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used on
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the Create transition to populate value from linked issues
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If you are using the " Copy Value From Other Field " post function in the Create transition and you would like to copy values from linked issue (Issue Linking: Issue in Transition = Source, Issue Linking: Issue in Transition = Destination, Parent / Sub-Task, Epic / Issue in Epic)", the Copy Value From Other Field" has to must be placed after 'Creates the issue originally'. An issue has to be first created, then a relation between these linked tickets is established. Only then values will be properly copied from/to linked issue. |
Any other Transition (not Create)
Put Place the " Copy Value From Other Field " post function anywhere before the "Update change history for an issue and store the issue in the database." post function.
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A workflow is configured so that the ' Resolve ' transition has the 'Copy Value From Other Field' post-function. The function is configured to copy the value of the ' Assignee ' field to the ' TextField ' field. If a user resolves an issue on this workflow, the value of the 'Assignee' field will be copied to the 'TextField' field after the issue is resolved.
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