Variable set to random value

[Dean Ayres]

Hi,

I'm fairly new to Jira automations

I'm trying to set a variable based on the output of random() which i'll use later in a webhook.

The problem is that it only seems to evaluate the presence of the value rather than the value itself and always returns SEC (in the example below). using https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-conditional-logic/  as a reference:

{{if(RANDOM().gt(0.5), "PRI", "SEC")}}

Am I mis-understanding how the if function works in jira?

Thanks

[Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_]

Hello @Dean Ayres 

Your code seems OK, but let's try a different approach.

Create a variable and set it with the random value and then use conditional logic on the variable.

- Add an action Set Variable and set the variable  with {{RANDOM()}}

- add another action and use conditional logic as below

{{#if(randomValue.gt(0.5))}}
PRI
{{else}}
SEC
{{/}}

I hope it helps

[Dean Ayres]

I've played about with this for a bit and fixed the value of randomValue to 0.8, but the output seems to be empty:

--

The audit log suggests the operation was a success 

[Dean Ayres]

Even worse, if i commit  {{RANDOM()}} to the smartvalue it also returns empty:

[Dean Ayres]

{{#=}}RANDOM(){{/}}