Whenever trying to get original issue value for a new issue creation that is configured for the Creation on Transition post function, need to use the substitution variable.This article explains how to get original issue value when a substitution variable is usedTo get the original issue value when a new issue is created configured using Creation on Transition post functions, substitution variables are required. This article explains how to get the original issue value with a condition applied to a substitution variable.
Instructions
- Log into Jira as a Jira an Administrator and click navigate to > Issues Issues.
- From the left sidebar, select Workflows under the WORKFLOWS section, click Workflows.
- Select your project's workflow from the right side window the required workflow and click Edit.
- Click the transition for which Create on Transition is configured.
- Go to Select Post Functions and click to clickto edit the Create Issue post function.
- Select the Conditions & Configuration tab tab on the left navigation panelsidebar.
Add Enter the below mentioned condition, for the issue to be created, only when the condition is met as follows:
Tip Need to add %original - You must add %original_customfield name% to the
- condition. For example, if
- Pending reason
- is the custom field name
- , use %original_Pending reason%.
- For regular expression, give the expected value of the field.
- Select any of the checkboxes (Exact, Literal and Negative
- ) as per your requirements.
- Update the configuration and the updated post function looks likeas:
- Publish the workflow before executing the transition. You see that a
The new issue is created only
...
if the condition is met after the transition occurs.
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It is recommended to test this scenario in a test environment before implementing the same deploying it in the production. |