Copy field value from parent issue (Deprecated)

This post-function has been deprecated and replaced by Copy issue fields. It could be removed at any time. You can still use it, but it is highly recommended that you update any workflows that use this post-function.

A workflow post-function that sets the value(s) of a selected field with value(s) from the same field of an issue's parent issue.

When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger the transition, the add-on sets the value(s) of the selected field to the value(s) from the same field of the issue's parent issue.

To add the 'Copy field value from parent issue' 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 Copy field value from parent issue from the list of post-functions.
Click on Add to add the post-function on the transition.
Select the field from the Field drop-down.
Select the options provided to add required parameters.
Click on Add to add the post-function to the transition.

Note that you need to publish the workflow for the new post-function to take effect.

Options

Copy only if not set

Copies the value of the selected field, only when the field is empty on the current issue.

Ignore empty values

Will not set (clear) the selected field of the current issue, if the value from the parent issue is empty or null.

Add source value(s) to destination field

Appends the selected field of the current issue with value(s) from the same field of its parent issue. This is applicable only to multi-valued fields.

Conditional execution

It is possible to configure the post-function to execute (or not execute) only in specific circumstances. The Condition executional option sets this behavior.

Only if condition is true - Check this option to execute the post-function based on the result of a Groovy expression. See Conditional execution/validation using a Groovy expression for more information.
- Condition - Enter a Groovy expression that evaluates to true or false (or truthiness/falseness).

The parent/child relationship in Jira refers to issues and their subtasks, not to the Epics and their Stories.

If you wish to copy a field from an Epic to a Stories, you can use the Copy field value to related issues post-function.

Error Handling

Make transition fail when an error occurs in this post-function - Select this option to make the transition fail when an error occurs while running the post-function. An error message is displayed to the user showing the transition failure.

By default Error handling is turned off. When it is turned off, all errors (Java Exceptions) raised by this post-function, including those raised by custom Groovy scripts, will be logged in the JIRA log file. However, they will not be reported to the user and will not prevent the transition from completing.

When designing new workflows or troubleshooting them, it may more convenient to be notified immediately of any such error during the execution of the transition. For example, on production Jira instances you might want to show errors only for the post-function(s) being created or updated, in order to avoid disrupting other workflows. To make errors raised by the current post-function prevent the transition from completing and show the error in the browser, select Make transition fail when an error occurs in this post-function.

When the Error handling option is selected on a specific extension, it overrides the configuration on the JMWE configuration page.

If you want to show all errors - to either All Administrators or All Users - configure the option globally on the JMWE configuration page. For example, on development and staging instances, you can activate error reporting for all JMWE post-functions so as to display all the errors (it is recommended to do so); on production instances you may want to activate error reporting only for administrators so that they can be made aware of configuration errors.

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Copy field value from parent issue (Deprecated)

Options

Conditional execution

Error Handling