Field Values
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With JSU, you can copy or set field values on issues created through a post function. Typically you will use text or numbers as values.
When setting values to fields, it’s important to ensure the data you define is compatible with the field type. For example you cannot update a Number field with a text-value, "Hello world". Similarly, you cannot update a User Picker field with data that is not a valid user. You should also ensure that any fields you want to update are present on any screen/s related to the context or transition your rule executes from.
If any configuration is not valid, then JSU will be unable to update the desired issue/s as instructed.
Cascading select lists
For cascading select lists, you can either use the value (name or number) of the option you would like to set, or the option ID. When using the value, there is no need to specify the parent option. For example:
Vehicles
Car
Train
Bus
Buildings
House
Skyscraper
Using Vehicles as the parameter for Field Value sets the field content to that option; similarly, if you use Train.Â
Using the option ID for cascading fields
If the set value you define occurs more than once in the cascading select list, use the option ID instead of a name. The option ID lets JSU determine the correct value to assign in the new issue.
Example:
A custom cascading select list called Onboarding Select contains: Marketing and Onboarding - Marketing.
To use the parent option, Marketing, enter the option ID of the parent option. Here, the option ID for the parent option is 10200.
In the Set configuration field, enter 10200 then select Onboarding Select.
The option ID is not the same as a custom field ID. The custom field ID in this example is the ID assigned to the Onboarding Select custom field. Each option configured for the Onboarding Select cascading field is assigned a unique ID. To find an option ID, see Atlassian’s How to find any custom ID to select your preferred method, and then locate the option ID instead of the custom field ID.
Field reference macros
JSU supports the use of macros to reference data or issue field values when configuring some post functions, for example, Update Any Issue Field, or in the Set and Copy operations for the Create a Linked Issue post function.
Legacy system field references
Support for referencing the Current User, Previous User, and Current Date and Time is provided by using the macro syntax below. You can use only one legacy macro at a time to set or update a field. Legacy macros cannot be combined with the
%%CURRENT_USER%%: The user who triggered the post function will be set as the value.%%PREVIOUS_USER%%: The field is updated with the previous user assigned to the field. This is valid for single-user picker fields in the ‘Update Any Issue Field’ post function.Â
%%CURRENT_DATETIME%%: The current date and time will be set as the value.Â
%%ADD_CURRENT_USER%%: obsolete The user who triggered the post function will be appended to the existing field content.
Obsolete since JSU version 1.4.10: %%ADD_CURRENT_USER%%
Use the option 'Append value' combined with the macro %%CURRENT_USER%% instead.
Extended system and custom issue field references new
From version 2.43.0, you can reference any issue field using the prefix issue followed by the field name, for example, %%issue.Assignee%% or %%issue.Labels%%. This syntax can be used in the Update Any Issue Field post function and with the Set and Copy operations for the Create a Linked Issue post function.
Multiple field references
You can provide multiple issue field references using macros, for example, you can update a Description field so that it references %%issue.Approver%% is %%issue.Reporter%% where approver is a custom field. Similarly, you can update a comment field with %%issue.Approver%% update %%issue.Creator%% on change to %%issue.Security Level%%.