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Link a Jira ticket based on the url custom field

Link a Jira ticket based on the url custom field

Description

This documentation will show you how you can link a Jira work item based on the value of a URL custom field.

 Instructions

Please add the following snippet to the JQL expression in the Link issues to the current issue post function configuration.

{% set url_parts = issue.fields.customfield_xxxx.split('/') %} issuekey = {{ url_parts[url_parts.length - 1] }}

Explanation

  • Replace xxxx with the ID of the URL custom field.

  • The value of the URL field will be in the following format:

    • https://YourInstaneName.atlassian.net/browse/<Jira issue Key>

  • The expected value for the JQL expression is a valid Jira issue key e.g ABC-123.

  • split('/')

    • Splits the string contained in customfield_xxxx into an array of substrings based on the delimiter '/'.

    • The split('/') method would result in the array: ["https:", "", "YourInstaneName.atlassian.net", "ABC-123"].

  • length - 1

    • The length property of an array in Nunjucks returns the number of elements in the array. length - 1 gives the index of the last element in the array e.g ABC-123.

  • url_parts[url_parts.length - 1]

    • This expression accesses the last element of the url_parts array.

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