Save a default value to Jira issue when confiforms text field is empty on Submit

[Adrian M]

I'm trying to set a default value to Jira if a confiforms text input is empty. I have tried various ways but it does not save the value of the textbox in Jira if the textbox was empty on submit.

Field macro:

MyInput (text)

Rules macro:

Field name - MyInput

Condition - MyInput:[empty]

Execute only on user action - checked (I do not want to show this default value on the form)

Action to execute - set value (or set value if empty)

Values to set - MyInput=No Value Specified

The issue is successfully created in Jira but the value set in the confiforms rules macro does not get saved in the Jira issue.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Adrian M 

Is this a question about the ConfiForms plugin?

Alex

[Adrian M]

Hi @Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ Yes this is about confiforms plugin. I've edited the title to indicate that.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

OK, will add a relevant tag/label as well

However, I dont quite understand this question in the ConfiForms context.

How is this related to a Jira issue you have mentioned? Does your form creates a Jira issue on form submit and all you want is to save back the Jira issue key of the created issue? Is that what you want?

Alex

[Adrian M]

The form creates a Jira issue.

The form has a textbox that isn't required to have a user input.

Upon submit, if the user did not input any value in that textbox, then save a default value value to Jira for that field.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

What does it mean 

save a default value value to Jira for that field

Save something into Jira ticket? Updating Jira ticket?

Or when you create a Jira ticket and the value in ConfiForms for some field is empty then something else should be saved to Jira?

Alex

[Adrian M]

Only on save. No update.

Or when you create a Jira ticket and the value in ConfiForms for some field is empty then something else should be saved to Jira?

This.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

So, this question is about how to map a value for some field in JSON mapping?

How is this done now?

Alex

[Adrian M]

The mapping is done in the IFFFT macro.

Example:

I have a textbox on the form to capture info. The form field is not required. This form field is mapped to the Acceptance Criteria Jira field.
Hence if the user submits the form without a value in that form field, then I'd like to save the text "No Value Specified" in the Acceptance Criteria Jira field.

If the user does input a value in the form text box, then that value is saved to the Jira Acceptance Criteria field. <- I have this working fine. 

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

I will try again...

So, how do you have this currently in your JSON mapping?

[Adrian M]

Mapping as follows:

{ "fields" :

{ "project": { "key": "[entry.JiraProjectKey]" },

"issuetype" : { "name": "[entry.IssueType]" },

"summary" : "[entry.Summary.id.escapeJSON]",

"customfield_14400" : "[entry.AcceptanceCriteria.escapeJSON]"      

}

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

#if(${AcceptanceCriteria})
 "customfield_14400" : "[entry.AcceptanceCriteria.escapeJSON]"      
#else
 "customfield_14400" : "No Value Specified"      
#end

See more https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Configuring+ConfiForms+IFTTT+actions+and+rules#ConfiguringConfiFormsIFTTTactionsandrules-CreateJiraIssue

Alex

[Adrian M]

Thanks Alex!

I was hoping to keep the logic out of the IFFFT macro and do it using the form macros. But I guess doing and IF/Else statement in the IFFFT macro is the way to go.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

Well, you can set up another IFTTT just before the one that runs the "create Jira issue" and set it up in a way that when AcceptanceCriteria is empty then you update the record and set it's value to "No Value Specified"

Alex

[Carla Ann Rowland]

Did you try [null] instead of empty?

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[Adrian M]

I just did. It didnt work.