fieldHistory

Description

Returns all the pairs date + value for the selected field from the selected issue's history.

Parameters

Return Type

String []

The return value is an array of strings. The strings come in pairs. The first value is a date representing the time when the value was modified and the second value is the content of the requested field at that date.

Examples

Example 1

//values for field Amount are 2000 at 12.02.2011, 3000 at 13.03.2011 and 4000 at 10.05.2011 string field_name; string[] field_history; field_name = "Amount"; field_history = fieldHistory(key, field_name);

Result: |12/02/2011|2000|13/03/2011|3000|10/05/2011|4000

Example 2

//values for field Amount are 2000 at 12.02.2011, 3000 at 13.03.2011 and 4000 at 10.05.2011 string field_name; string[] field_history; field_history = fieldHistory(key, customfield_10101); //customfield_10101 = Amount

Result: |12/02/2011|2000|13/03/2011|3000|10/05/2011|4000

 

  1. Besides the labels of the custom fields, the name of the standard Jira fields (summary, assignee, and so on) can be used as parameters.

  2. If it returns an empty array, you must get the last value of the field from the issue.

  3. The second parameter is the field name as it appears in history or the custom field id.

 

See also

Peacock