Bulk Add Components with Jira Automation

[JM Hoskinson]

I currently have several rules that add components based on keywords in the issue summary. Rather than having 10 rules that have to be maintained, I'd like to combine them into one. Outside of a ton of branches, is there a way to loop through a lookup table that has the keyword > component mapping? Also open to other ways to combine these automations.

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @JM Hoskinson -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

There are several ways to solve this, and with the changes to the packaging model / limits for automation rules, combining rules seems a good idea: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Automation-articles/Introducing-our-new-packaging-model-for-Jira-Cloud-Automation/ba-p/2446099

One efficient way to do this is to add all of the components at one time, using advanced edit with JSON: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/advanced-field-editing-using-json/#Components

You could parse your summary, using either the Lookup Table you describe, or smart value, conditional expressions, build up the JSON, and make one edit.

These JSON functions for text fields may also help to do that: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-json-functions/

Kind regards,
Bill

[JM Hoskinson]

Thanks @Bill Sheboy I'm familiar with those features and how to add components using the automation. The problem I'm trying to solve is how to do it in a bulkified way, i.e. I don't want to have a unique step /action for each component I want to add

[Bill Sheboy]

Yup, that is where the JSON method helps.  You can build a single expression to add them all at once. 

Without knowing your "decoder ring" to map the keyword values in the summary to the components, I expect the tricky part may be building the expression.

[JM Hoskinson]

The decoder ring part is what I need help with - I'm fine with adding >1 component at once

[Bill Sheboy]

If you share some examples of your keywords and the corresponding components, I can probably help with that.  For example...

IF summary contains "blue"  THEN add component "color".