When a custom field has multiple words in its name like (Planned delivery date) then how to set it in the configuration page of Clone Plus for Jira.

Instructions

Need to escape each and every space character with a '\ ' only when the custom field name has multiple words along with a space(s) character(s) in it.

Here we are providing this example This article explains two different ways of setting a custom field value on the Clone + and Clone++ actions using Clone Plus for Jira.

Instructions

To clone a custom field value to an issue, use the custom field id or name in the configuration file.

Set the custom field based on custom field id

For example: If the custom field id is 10700, specify customfield_10700 in the configuration file as below:

1.set.customfield_10700 = 25/DEC/18
1.ignoreFields = customfield_10700

Set the custom field based on the custom field name

If the custom field name is short/simple, use the same.

For example: If the custom field name is Rank, then use the code mentioned below"

1.set.Rank = "Grade-1"
1.ignoreFields = Rank

If the Custom field name has multiple words like, Planned delivery date, you need to escape each space character of field name with '\ ' (backslash and space).

Example for Clone+ (custom1) operation so, we have to set the command with prefix '1'. 

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in the configuration page:

1.set.Planned\ delivery\ date = 31/MAR/19

As a result, the date 31/MAR/19 will be set to your custom field

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in the newly cloned issue.

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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 the ignoreFields parameter as shown below:

1.ignoreFields = Planned\ delivery\ date

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Please see the below image to know how the custom field name gets display in a Jira issue.

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Note: Following are some of the acceptable Custom field names with our app, so you may use these formats in the name, i.e. custom-multi-select, custom_cascade_select, custom\ three, custom-date-type-field etc...

Date Format: Any JIRA application property format should work.