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Description
Substitution variables provide powerful capabilities to customize the creation of issues. Variables provide text string representations of fields useful for inclusion in other fields.
- Setting field values from other fields and custom field values.
- Constructing conditioning values.
- For multi-issue creation scenarios.
The syntax for referencing substitution variables is: %<variable name>%. All text entry fields support replacement.
Example: %parent_summary%
The Create Issue and Create Sub-task and post functions use the following terminology. The terminology is also used in substitution variables.
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
original | The original issue that started the workflow transition. This could be an issue or sub-task. |
parent | The parent issue of the original issue. If the original issue is not a sub-task, then parent is the same as original. |
entry | The issue currently being created and processed. |
entry_parent | The parent of the sub-task entry being created. Available only when creating sub-tasks for an issue that is different than the parent of the original issue. |
sibling | A sibling issue is a sub-task with the same parent as the original issue. In this case, the Create Sub-task post function may optionally create a sibling of the original issue. |
Variables
Some variables are listed on the post function definition screen as an aid when creating definitions. This is a more complete and detailed list and represents the variables available with the most recent version of the add-on. Create an issue if you need access to additional fields.
Note the terminology for the meaning of parent and original.
Working with custom fields
Custom fields are identified by name or id (like customfield_12345). By name is easier to know what it is referring to but by id will survive renaming a custom field.
Configured date format
For date substitution variables, the format of the replacement variable can be specified if the default format is not desirable. The format is specified by a Simple Date Format string enclosed in parenthesis following the substitution variable name. For example: %created(yyyy-MM-dd)% will result in replacement like 2013-05-28.
