Helper Functions

Owned by Jonathan Muse
Last updated: Nov 20, 2024
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There are two helper functions available to ease your work with persistent variables. These functions allow you to set or retrieve the value of a persistent variable from a script that is not in the context of the issue or just to retrieve a global variable:

Functions

  • Page:
    setPersistentVar (Power Suite Apps for Jira) — Sets the persistent var, as a string
  • Page:
    getPersistentVar (Power Suite Apps for Jira) — Gets the persistent var, as a string

Values are treated as strings. For the above example:

string globalCounterVar = getPersistentVar("counter"); number test_one_counter = getPersistentVar("TEST-1", "counter"); //notice the implicit cast! values are treated like strings, though!

  • Although useful, persistent variables come with a small performance penalty. Don't overuse them!

  • There's no way to delete a persistent var (other than direct SQL) at the moment. Think hard if you really need them.

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