Jira automation - webhook with no issue connected cant access project smart value

[Anna Mjau]

If I trigger Jira automation with a webhook, but do not have a related issue in this webhook, just data, am I not allowed to access {{project.versions.name}} smart value for example?

I have noticed a difference between my 2 automations - one with manual trigger on an issue and second that comes from a webhook without a related issue - it looks like the first one can list the {{project.versions.name}}, but the one without an issue cant.

Is there a workaround for this for the webhook without related issue or should I relate the incoming webhook with a random issue?

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anna Mjau 

Without seeing the details of your actual rule, a couple of things to try are: when the webhook has data referring to an issue...

• branch to that issue, or use Lookup Issues with JQL, to get at the project information
• use the Send Web Request action to call the REST API endpoint to get the versions' data

Kind regards,
Bill

[Anna Mjau]

Hi!
In my case the webhook does not have data referring to a specific issue, it is just a trigger with a release major version in webhook data. The automation would then first check if that major version already exists and if not - create it. For the exists check I wanted to use {{project.versions.name}}, but it does not have a value.

[Bill Sheboy]

Thanks for that additional information, @Anna Mjau 

When creating a version, you need to know the project.  And if you have the project, the REST API endpoints may be used to identify the versions.  With Jira Data Center, that endpoint is:

https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/9.13.0/#api/2/project-getProjectVersions