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A workflow post-function that copies the value(s) of a selected field into the same field of all issues linked to the current issue through a selected link type.


Note

This post-function does not work with remote links (links to Jira issues residing on another Jira instance/server).


To add the 'Copy field value to linked issues' post-function to a transition:

  1. Click Edit for the workflow that has the transition you wish to configure the post-function on.
  2. In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.
  3. Click on Post Functions in the properties panel.
  4. Click on Add post function.
  5. Select Copy field value to linked issues from the list of post-functions.
  6. Click on Add to add the post-function on the transition.
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  7. Select the field from the Field drop-down.
  8. Select the link type from the Issue Link drop-down.
  9. Select the options provided to add required parameters.
  10. Click on Add to add the post-function to the transition.


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Related links :

For information on where the post-function needs to be placed on a transition, see Placing post-functions on a transition.

Refer to the Use cases for post-functions page for use cases for this post-function.


When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger the transition, the add-on copies the value(s) of the selected field into the same field of all issues linked to the current issue through the selected link type.

Options 

  • Copy only if not set

Copies the value(s) of the selected field into the same field of all the linked issues, only when the field is empty on the linked issue(s).

  • Ignore empty values

Will not set (clear) the selected field of the linked issues, if the value from the current issue is empty or null.

  • Add source value(s) to destination field

Appends the value(s) of the selected field to the same field of all the linked issues. This is applicable only to multi-valued fields.

Run As

  • Run as user

Any user specified in this field will be the author of the copy performed by the post-function. Leave it blank for the current user to be the author.

Conditional execution

To execute this post-function based on the result of a groovy expression see Conditional execution using Groovy expression.

Info

Note that you can use this function to copy a field from,

  • The parent issue of a sub-task by using the built-in is Parent of link type and vice versa using the is subtask of link type
  • The Epic of an issue by using the built-in is Epic of link type and vice-versa using the has Epic of link type.

Error Handling

By default, all errors (Java Exceptions) raised by this post-function, including those raised by custom Groovy scripts, will be logged in the JIRA log file but will not be reported to the user and will not prevent the transition from completing. 

However, when designing new workflows or troubleshooting them, it is more convenient to be notified immediately of any such error during the execution of the transition. On development and staging Jira instances, you can activate error reporting for all JMWE post-functions on the JMWE configuration page, and it is recommended to do so. But on production Jira instances, you might want to show errors only for the post-function(s) being worked on, in order to avoid disrupting other workflows. To make errors raised by the current post-function prevent the transition from completing and show the error in the browser, select Make transition fail when an error occurs in this post-function.