In Jira automation how to confirm that our smart value is correct or not ?

[Anurag Vipin Vaidya]

how to make sure smart value is working or not and suppose i have linked issues story and multiple bugs linked with it then in automation  condition if we make issue type equals to bug and want to perform some action on fields of story can we do this using smart values ?

[Bert Dombrecht]

Hello @Anurag Vipin Vaidya ,

To validate a smart value, you can add an action to your Automation: "Add value to the audit log".

When you test your rule, you can check the audit log and validate the smart value.

If your trigger issue is the Bug, you can perform actions on the linked Story by using a 'For linked work items' branch, or a JQL driven branch and then adding the required action(s).

I hope this helps.

[Anurag Vipin Vaidya]

@Bert Dombrecht  Thank you for explanation.
i shared my automation screenshots can you check what is wrong in it or else 
can you create and show one automation.
Story is linked with multiple bugs we are calculating how many times bug is reopened and saving the count in custom field bug Reopen count and we want to show total bug reopen count in story in custom field total_bug_reopen_coount.
suppose we have 3 bugs linked with story a,b and c.
1.a reopend 3 times 
2.b reopened 2 times
3.c reopened 1 time 
so in total_bug_reopen_count =6

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Anurag Vipin Vaidya 

For a question like this, context is important for the community to help.  Please post the following:

• what problem is your rule trying to solve; that is, "why do this?"
• what type of project is this: company-managed, team-managed, JPD, etc.
• an image of your complete automation rule in a single image for continuity
• images of any relevant actions / conditions / branches
• an image of the audit log details showing the rule execution
• explain what is not working as expected and why you believe that to be the case

Kind regards,
Bill

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Anurag Vipin Vaidya 

Based upon the rule images you posted, you are using Jira Server or Jira Data Center.

In that case, the Lookup Issues action does not support the fields you are trying to use.  Here is the open suggestion to add other fields to that action: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JIRAAUTOSERVER-877

The workaround for your case is to use the REST API with a JQL issue search instead of the Lookup Issues action.  To learn more about that technique, please see this post:

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/How-Can-I-Sum-Up-Multiple-Issues-into-a-Parent-Number-Field/ba-p/2882712#M16701

Kind regards,
Bill

[Anurag Vipin Vaidya]

@Bill Sheboy  Thank you for your explanation can you share me an image of automation that how actually it works after using what 

[Kris Dewachter]

Hi @Anurag Vipin Vaidya ,

Yes you can use smart values for that. You can create IF statements based on smart values to perform certain actions.

What exactly are you trying to achieve?

Best regards, 
Kris