Clone issue using Web Item

[Michael Bendtsen]

I want to add a button (Web Item) that will clone the current issue and change the issue type.

How should that be done? Is the only way to create a REST endpoint and a Script Fragment or is there a better way?

[Brittany Wispell]

Hey @Michael Bendtsen

You'll want to use the Script Fragment (Constrained create issue dialog) and a Behaviour.

See below image. See example code below for the behaviour. 

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager;
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours;
import groovy.util.logging.Log4j;
import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField;
import com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.option.Option
@Log4j
public class CreateIssueButton extends FieldBehaviours {
 // Constants
 private static final String CONTEXT = "SET KEY NAME HERE";
 // Managers
 private static IssueManager issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager();
 public run () {
 // Check the behaviour context ID
 if (behaviourContextId == CONTEXT) {
 log.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
 log.debug("Constrained issue creation: Task triggered");

 // Set the issue and project fields to read only
 getFieldById("project-field").setReadOnly(true);
 getFieldById("issuetype-field").setReadOnly(true);

 // Get the issue that was created from
 Issue contextIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject(getContextIssueId());

 // Set any other fields here
 getFieldById("summary").setFormValue("Cloned issue: ${contextIssue.summary}");
 getFieldById("description").setFormValue("Cloned issue: ${contextIssue.summary}");
 getFieldById("issuelinks-linktype").setFormValue("SET LINK NAME HERE").setReadOnly(true);
 getFieldById("issuelinks-issues").setFormValue(contextIssue.key).setReadOnly(true);
 }
 }
 }

[Brittany Wispell]

//This copies specific fields to the new ticket
List copyCustomFields = ["Custom Field Name", "Custom Field Name", "Custom Field Name"]

List<CustomField> contextFields = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(contextIssue)
contextFields.each { CustomField cf ->
 if (copyCustomFields && !copyCustomFields.contains(cf.name)) {
 return
 }
 def contextValue = cf.getValue(contextIssue)?.toString()
 if (!contextValue) {
 return
 }
 getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(contextValue)
 log.debug("contextValue: ${contextValue?.class} for type ${cf.name}")
 if (contextValue instanceof ApplicationUser) {
 getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(contextValue.username)
 } else if (contextValue instanceof List && contextValue[0] instanceof Option) {
 getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(contextValue*.optionId)
 } else {
 getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(contextValue)
 }
}
}
}
}

[Michael Bendtsen]

Should the CONTEXT be the key of the Script Fragment?

[Brittany Wispell]

@Michael Bendtsen

Yes! 

[Michael Bendtsen]

Cannot get it to work. If I uses inline-script I guess I shouldn't create the class and method?

Kind of new to Script-runner ;)