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Although the source and destination fields can be different data type, not all conversions from source to destination field are supported

Overwrite / append / prepend

For text fields and other fields that can accept multiple values (like checkboxes), you can choose to overwrite, append, or prepend the new value to any existing value. In the case of For a text field, you can also choose a separator that will be placed between the values (not shown in the screenshot above).

Create version if necessary

Imagine your origin issue has a version , and that you want to copy to the linked issue. If the destination field is 'Fix Version/s', 'Affects Version/s' , or some custom field of type 'Version Picker'version picker, you can choose define that a new version will be created in the target project , if it does not yet exist. If you don't choose this option and that version does not yet exist, the user will get receives an error message and the transition will completecompletes.However be aware, that a

Create component if necessary

Imagine your origin issue has a component , that you want to copy to the linked issue. If the destination field is 'Components', you can choose define that a new component will be is created in the target project, if it does not yet exist. If you don't choose this option and that component does not yet exist, the user will get receives an error message and the transition will completecompletes.

Special

sources

In addition to fields, you can select from the following special sources to copy to a destination issue. For example, you can copy the value of the previous user to the Assignee field of a new issue.

• *** empty ***:  The  The destination field will be cleared.

• *** last comment ***: The last comment from the source issue will be copied. In some cases that might be the comment from the transition screen, which the user just entered while performing the current transition.

• *** transition comment ***: The comment that the user entered on the transition .

Special 'Destinations'

For destination, you have also special options:

• screen will be copied to the destination field.

• *** current user ***: The user who triggered the post function will be copied to the destination field.

• *** previous user ***: The field is updated with the previous user assigned to the destination field. This is valid for single-user picker fields.

• *** current datetime ***: The current date and time will be copied to the destination field.

Special destinations

• *** new comment *** : A new comment will be created with the copied value. When you choose to ' overwrite ' to new comment, a new comment is created, enabling you to add multiple comments in one post function.
  ExampleExamples:
  Copy Description to New Comment, overwrite → creates a new comment with the description.
  Copy Summary to New Comment, append with separator ", " → appends the summary to the previously created comment, so the comment will look like <Description>, <Summary>.
  Copy Assignee to New Comment, overwrite → creates a new comment.
  This configuration will result in two comments being created, : one with the description and summary, and one with the assignee.