How can I automatically pre-fill fields on the “Create an issue in an epic” screen?

[Alex]

Hi, community! 

Tell me how can I implement pre-filling fields with values ​​from the epic when creating a “task in the epic”?

As I understand it, the best solution would be "Behavior"? Or maybe there are some ready-made solutions?

Any help is important. Thank you!

Best regards, Alex!

[Alex · Accepted solution]

i.e. how the process occurs On your “task in epic” creation screen, you should add a “Link to epic” field, in which you set your task epic, from which the fields on this screen will then be pulled up.

Solution . My Code for Behavior :

in frame "field"

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue

def setFieldValueIfNotNull(String fieldName, Object value) {

if (value!= null) {

def customField = getFieldByName(fieldName)

if (customField!= null) {

 customField.setFormValue(value)

 } else {

 log.warn("$fieldName not found")

 }

 } else {

 log.warn("$fieldName not set or value empty")

 }

}

def cf_link_on_epic_value = getFieldByName('Link on epic').value

if (cf_link_on_epic_value!= null) {

String epic_value = cf_link_on_epic_value

def parts = epic_value.split(':')

def epicKey = parts[1].trim()

def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()

def epicIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject(epicKey)

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()

//Next , your cf fields 

/
// CF - "Target start"

def epic_TS = epicIssue.getCustomFieldValue(customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Target start"))

 setFieldValueIfNotNull('Target start', epic_TS!= null? formatDate(epic_TS) : null)

// CF - "Target end"

def epic_TE = epicIssue.getCustomFieldValue(customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Target end"))

 setFieldValueIfNotNull('Target end', epic_TE!= null? formatDate(epic_TE) : null)


} else {

 log.warn("link on epic not set or value empty")

}






///////////////////////////////// !add this part ,if only your cffield datetime, else - delete this

// Function for formatted date

def formatDate(Date date) {

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yy")

return sdf.format(date)

}

[John Funk]

Hi Alex,

Behaviours is the only one I know of that can do something like this. Many of the Marketplace vendors solutions are around forms, so not sure if they can/do connect to Jira Software projects. 

[Kian Stack Mumo Systems]

@Alex, there is not a great out of the box solution for this. If you have custom fields which only apply to epics, you could use default values, but that is likely a limited use case.

You'll need to install and configure a plugin. ScriptRunner is one option, but there are numerous other template plugins out there which could also potentially solve your issue. I ran a search in the marketplace and found several potential options.