Substitution variables
Overview
Substitution variables provide powerful capabilities to customize. These variables provide text string representations of fields useful for inclusion in other fields and you can
Set field values from other existing fields and custom field values.
Constructing conditioning values.
The syntax for referencing substitution variables is: %<variable name>%. All text entry fields support replacement.
Example: %parent_summary%
Terminology
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
original | The issue being cloned. This is the original issue that started the clone operation. |
parent | The parent issue of the original issue. If the original issue is not a subtask, then parent is the same as original. |
entry | The issue being created as the clone. This could be the main issue or a subtask depending on when entry is being evaluated. |
The terminology for the meaning of parent and original. Many of these values are unlikely to be needed for clone customization but are provided for consistency with Create on Transition for Jira and Update on Transition for Jira variables.
Variables
Substitution Variable | Description |
|---|---|
user_id | The user ID of user doing the operation. |
user_name | The display name of user doing the operation. |
now | The current date/time in Jira complete date/time format or a specific format. |
project, parent_project, original_project, entry_project | The project key of the issue. |
project_id, parent_project_id, original_project_id, entry_project_id | The project ID (numeric) of the issue. |
project_category, parent_project_category, original_project_category, entry_project_category | The project category name for the project of the issue. |
project_lead, parent_project_lead, original_project_lead, entry_project_lead | The user ID of the project lead. |
project_default_security, original_project_default_security, entry_project_default_security | The default issue security level name for the project. |
project_default_security_id, original_project_default_security_id, entry_project_default_security_id | The default issue security level id for the project. |
parent_key, original_key | Issue key. |
parent_id, original_id | Issue numeric ID. |
parent_summary, original_summary, entry_summary | Summary. |
parent_description, original_description, entry_description | Description. |
parent_environment, original_environment, entry_environment | Environment. |
parent_issuetype, original_issuetype, entry_issuetype | Issue type. |
parent_status, original_status | Issue status. |
parent_priority, original_priority, entry_priority | Priority. |
parent_reporter, original_reporter, entry_reporter | Reporter user ID. |
parent_assignee, original_assignee, entry_assignee | Assignee user ID. |
parent_automatic_assignee, original_automatic_assignee, entry_automatic_assignee | The user ID calculated from the project and components of a issue together with the project configuration used to determine the assignee for newly created issues. |
parent_components, original_components, entry_components | The comma separated list of components. |
parent_component_descriptions, original_component_descriptions | The comma separated list of components. |
parent_affected_versions, original_affected_versions | The comma separated list of affected version names. |
parent_fixed_versions, original_fixed_versions | The comma separated list of fixed version names. |
parent_subtasks, original_subtasks | The comma separated list of subtask issue keys. |
parent_duedate, original_duedate, entry_duedate | The due date in JIRA DMY date format or a specific format. |
parent_created, original_created | The created date in JIRA complete date/time format or a specific format. |
parent_updated, original_updated | The update date in JIRA complete date/time format or a specific format. |
parent_resolution_date, original_resolution_date | The resolution date in JIRA complete date/time format or a specific format. |
parent_resolution, original_resolution | Resolution. |
parent_labels, original_labels | The blank separated list of labels. |
parent_labels_comma_separated, original_labels_comma_separated | The comma separated list of labels. |
parent_watchers, original_watchers | The comma separated list of watcher user IDs. |
parent_watches, original_watches | The number of watchers of the issue. |
parent_votes, original_votes | The number of votes for the issue. |
parent_time_spent, original_time_spent | The time spent on the issue in minutes. |
parent_estimate, original_estimate | The current (remaining) estimate for the issue in minutes. |
parent_original_estimate, original_original_estimate | The original estimate for the issue in minutes. |
parent_security_level, original_security_level | The name of the security level. |
<field name> | The Jira issue field name of the parent issue. Deprecated but still active, recommend using specific replacements variables for clarity. |
<customfield name> parent_<customfield name> | The custom field name of the parent issue. |
<customfield id> parent_<customfield id> | The custom field ID of the parent issue. |
original_<customfield name> | The custom field name of the original issue. |
original_<customfield id> | The custom field ID of the original issue. |
group_<group name> | The comma separated list of user IDs for members in the group. |
role_<role name> | The comma separated list of user IDs for users that are role actors for the project of the original issue. |
values_<customfield name> values_<customfield id> | The comma separated list of custom field option values in the context of the original issue. |
values_<customfield name>(<value or sub variable>) values_<customfield id>(<value or sub variable>) | The comma separated list of cascade select child option values for the specific parent value provided |
function_<function name>(<parameter>)
| The functions that derive useful text values that can be used as substitution variables. Some are similar to their equivalent JQL function (follow link). The parameter(s) may be a substitution variable. |
Configured date format
For date substitution variables, the format of the replacement variable can be specified if the default format is not desirable. The format is specified by a Simple Date Format string enclosed in parenthesis following the substitution variable name. For example: %created(yyyy-MM-dd)% will result in replacement like 2013-05-28.
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