This article explains the two ways to set a custom field different ways of setting a custom field value on the Clone + and Clone++ actions using Clone Plus for Jira App.
Instructions
To clone a custom field value to an issue, use the custom field id or name in the configuration file.
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Set the custom field based on
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custom field id
For example: If the custom field id is 10700, then specify customfield_10700 in the configuration file as below:
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1.set.customfield_10700 = 25/DEC/18 1.ignoreFields = customfield_10700 |
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Set the custom field based on the custom field name
If the custom field name is short/simple then , use the same.
For example: If the custom field name is Rank, then use the below-mentioned code.code mentioned below"
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1.set.Rank = "Grade-1" 1.ignoreFields = Rank |
If the Custom field name has name has multiple words like, Planned delivery date then follow the below instructions:
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, you need to escape each space character of field name with '\ ' (backslash and space).
Example for Clone+ (custom1) operation in the configuration page:
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As a result, the date 31/MAR/19 will be set to your custom field in the newly cloned issue.
See the below image to understand how the custom field name gets displayed in a JIRA issue:
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Ignore the fields set on the clone plus configuration page
In order to hide the custom fields that are already set in the clone plus configuration page from clone+ and clone++ custom actions, use use the ignoreFields parameter as shown below:
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