Clear fields of linked issues

This post-function is obsolete. While you may continue using this post function, which will not be removed from JMWE, we recommend you use the more powerful Clear fields instead, for new automations.

A workflow post-function that clears the value of the selected field(s) of the issues linked to the current issue through a specific link type.To add the 'Clear field value of 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 Functions in the properties panel.
Click on Add post function.
Select Clear field value of linked issues from the list of post-functions.
Click on Add to add the post-function on the transition.
Select the issue link from the Issue Link field.
Choose the field(s) that should be cleared from Fields.
Click on Add to add the post-function to the transition.

Here are a few Use cases for this post-function

Known issues common to all post-functions

Troubleshooting this post-function configuration: In case the post-function does not work as expected these are the things to look out for

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Troubleshooting when using workflow extensions that operate on linked issues

When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger it, the add-on clears the selected field(s) of the issues linked to the current issue through the specified link type.

Run As

Run as current user: The current user will be the author of the change.

Run as add-on user: The add-on user will be the author of the change.

Run as this user: Any user selected in this field will be the author of the change.

If you select any option other than "Run as add-on user", so that the assignment appears to be done by the current user or a specific user, the selected user will need to have the Edit Issues permission.

Conditional execution

To execute this post-function based on the result of a Nunjucks template see Conditional execution.

Delayed execution

Post functions are provided with an option to delay execution for a set number of seconds using the Delayed execution option (Figure 1, right). To delay execution, select the number of seconds to wait until the post-function is run; any value between 1 second (the default) up to a maximum of 20 seconds can be selected.

Workflows that depend on post functions being executed in a specific order can fail due to the asynchronous nature of Connect post-functions in Jira Cloud. One workaround is to delay the execution of a post-function, thereby creating a more predictable execution order. For example, on the approval of a Story you want to create sub-tasks and immediately transition them; in this case, you will have to delay the execution of the Transition Linked Issues post-function, so that the sub-tasks are created before they are transitioned. See the sample use case, below.

Where possible, it is recommended to use the Sequence of post-functions post-function or Shared action post-function to execute a series of post-functions in a specific sequence instead of applying a delay.

Sample use cases for Delayed execution

On the creation of a Bug, assign it to a member of the QA team and then add the Assignee to the Watchers.

Steps

Create a QA project role, with the testers as its members.
Add the Assign to role member post-function to the transition Create of the Bug workflow.
Select QA as the project role to look for.

Add the Copy value from field to field post-function to the Create transition of the Bug workflow.
Select Assignee as the From field.
Select Watchers as the To field.
Select the Delayed execution option and select 5 sec from the Delay drop-down.

On the approval of a Story, create subtasks for Development and QA, and transition them to In Progress status.

Steps

Add the Create issue post-function to the Approve transition of the Story workflow.
Select Same as current issue from the Project field.
Select Subtask from the Issue type field.
Select Current issue from the Parent issue field.
Repeat the above steps for the Development subtask.

Add the Transition linked issues post-function to the Approve transition of the Story workflow.
Select Issue Link Type as is Parent of.
Select the Delayed execution option and select 10 sec from the Delay drop-down.

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Note that you can use this function to clear the fields of the:

parent issue of a sub-task by using the is Subtask of link type and vice versa using the is Parent of link type
Epic of an issue by using the belongs to Epic link type and vice-versa using the is Epic of link type
Parent of the portfolio hierarchy by using the belongs to Initiative link type and vice-versa using the is Initiative of link type

A workflow post-function that clears the value of the selected field(s) of the issues linked to the current issue through a specific link type.

Clear a set of fields on all the linked issues of the current issue when an Abort is triggered on the current issue

Steps

Add the Clear field value of linked issues post-function to the Abort transition of the workflow.
Select all the fields to be emptied from Field