Copying field data to other field if null

[Thue Madsen]

Hi, 

We are invoicing some of our time registered on jira issues an part of this we have created a custom field on our jira issues called "DK invoice text" Normally the data of this field is identical to the data in "Summary" but it should be possible to manually change it.

Is it possible to copy the data from "Summary" to "DK invoice text" immediatly after typing in the "Summary" text, then the user can simply type something else in "DK invocie text" if he wants to. 

Another idea is to make a post function and copy the "Summary" text to the "DK invoice text" field, but only if the "DK invoice text" field is empty.

I hope someone can help to solve the problem.

[Vikrant Yadav · Accepted solution]

Hi @Thue Madsen  You can do this easily by creating a Project Automation Rule :- 

1. Select Event :- When Issue Created

2. Apply Condition :- Issue Field Condition >> Select the Text Field  >> Condition "is empty"

3. Add Action :- Update Issue Fields >> Select Text Field >> Add Value {{issue.summary}}

This rule will copy value from Summary to Text field when description empty.

First option is not feasible without Field Behaviour. This functionality is not available Jira Cloud yet. 

Thanks

V.Y

[Thue Madsen]

Thank you, this works perfectly !

[Vikrant Yadav]

You’re Welcome 😊