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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. |
To add the 'Copy field value to linked issues' post-function to a transition:
- Click Edit for the workflow that has the transition you wish to configure the post-function on.
- In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.
- Click on
Post Functionsin the properties panel. - Click on
Addpost function. - Select
Copy field value to linked issuesfrom the list of post-functions. - Click on
Addto add the post-function on the transition.
- Select the field from the
Fielddrop-down. - Select the link type from the
Issue Linkdrop-down. - Select the options provided to add required parameters.
- Click on
Addto 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.
Customize this post-function using the additional options provided as a part of the post-function. The options are:
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 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.
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Note that you can use this function to copy a field from,
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