createIssue

Syntax	createIssue(projectKey, parentIssueKey, issueType, summary[, priority, description, components, due date, security_level, field_mappings])	Package
Alias		Pkg Usage

Description

Creates an issue based on the provided arguments.

Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
projectKey	String	Yes	Key of the project, where the issue will be created, as it is saved in the Administration part.
parentIssueKey	String	Yes	Key of the parent issue. Though the parameter is required, it can take an empty value to specify that the issue is not a sub-task, but a regular issue.
issueType	String	Yes	Type of the issue that will be created.
summary or issueSummary	String	Yes	Summary of the issue that will be created.
priority	String	No	Priority.
description	String	No	Description of the issue that will be created.
components	array of strings	No	Components of the issue that will be created.
due date	date	No	Due date of the issue that will be created.
security level	String	No	Security level of the issue that will be created.
custom fields mappings/field mappings	JFieldValue[]	No	Mappings of the custom and system fields of the issue that will be created.

Return Type

String

The key of the created issue

Example

string issue_priority;//Possible values: "Major", "Critical" etc.
string issue_description;
string[] issue_components;
string issue_security_level;
issue_priority = "Critical";
issue_description = "Description of the issue";
issue_components = components; //an array containing all the components of the current project
issue_security_level = "Administrator";
JFieldValue[] custom_fields_mapping = {
    "STDUP", "fmanaila",
    "STDGP", {"jira-users", "jira-admin"}
};
string k = createIssue(
            "PROJECT",
            "PRJ-300",
            "Sub-task",
            "Summary of the sub task" ,
            issue_priority,
            issue_description,
            issue_components,
            currentDate() + "30d",
            issue_security_level,
            custom_fields_mapping
           );
print ("On the project " + project + ", issue " + k + "is created.");

Will create an Improvement with no components and the assignee set for user with the username "someUserName".

createIssue

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