Get value from Multi-Select Custom Field

[Judah]

I am trying to write a behaviour using an IF statement. The condition being set on my Multi-Select Custom Field, named 'Skillset(s)'.

(PSUEDOCODE)

IF(Skillset(s).value == "Application Testing"){

*do something*

}

I have tried the usual methods of .value or .toString but I cannot find the correct method to access this field's value? Everything returns NULL, and then 'cannot evoke method on null object'.

How do I access the value of this field?? 

[Ilya Turov · Accepted solution]

hello, because multiselect field returns you List of elements, you check it like this:

def skillSetsField = getFieldByName("Skillset(s)")
if ("Application Testing" in skillSetsField.value) {
  //do something
}

[Judah]

Thanks for your response here is my code block. I'm not seeing the changes to my field or reaching my log statement in the if? 

def RiskLikelihoodField = getFieldByName("Risk Likelihood")
def skillSetField = getFieldByName("Skillset(s)")

if("Application Testing" in skillSetField.value){

log.debug("inside IF")

RiskLikelihoodField.setRequired(true)
RiskLikelihoodField.setHidden(false) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHelpText ("Risk Likeihood must be filled in once moved to 'Ready for Functional Testing'")
}

[Judah]

here is my entire code block...It is logging my debug message inside the ELSE

import org.apache.log4j.Level
import org.apache.log4j.Logger
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.workflow.JiraWorkflow
import com.opensymphony.workflow.loader.ActionDescriptor
import com.opensymphony.workflow.loader.StepDescriptor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField
def log = Logger.getLogger("com.onresolve.jira.groovy")
log.setLevel(Level.DEBUG)

def issue = Issue
def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
def RiskLikelihoodField = getFieldByName("Risk Likelihood")
def skillsetField = getFieldByName("Skillset(s)")

def defaultValue = null


if ( "Application Testing" in skillSetField.value && getAction().id == "381") {

log.debug('inside IF')


RiskLikelihoodField.setRequired(true)
RiskLikelihoodField.setHidden(false) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHelpText ("Risk Likeihood must be filled in once moved to 'Ready for Functional Testing'")
}
else {
log.debug('inside else')
RiskLikelihoodField.setRequired(false) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHidden(true) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHelpText ("") 
RiskLikelihoodField.setFormValue(defaultValue) 
}

@Ilya Turov 

[Ilya Turov]

is there anything in your logs? because I feel like it might silently fall on 

def issue = Issue

line hence doing nothing at all. I'd leave just this part and see if it works:

def RiskLikelihoodField = getFieldByName("Risk Likelihood")
def skillsetField = getFieldByName("Skillset(s)")

def defaultValue = null


if ( "Application Testing" in skillSetField.value && getAction().id == "381") {

log.debug('inside IF')


RiskLikelihoodField.setRequired(true)
RiskLikelihoodField.setHidden(false) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHelpText ("Risk Likeihood must be filled in once moved to 'Ready for Functional Testing'")
}
else {
log.debug('inside else')
RiskLikelihoodField.setRequired(false) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHidden(true) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHelpText ("") 
RiskLikelihoodField.setFormValue(defaultValue) 
}

[Judah]

I removed said issue variable and I put a log in the ELSE as such...and the log returns a value of NULL for skillSetField.Value

def RiskLikelihoodField = getFieldByName("Risk Likelihood")
def skillSetField = getFieldByName("Skillset(s)")

def defaultValue = null

if ( "Application Testing" in skillSetField.value && getAction().id == "381") {

log.debug("skillSet Value " + skillSetField.value)

RiskLikelihoodField.setRequired(true)
RiskLikelihoodField.setHidden(false) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHelpText ("Risk Likeihood must be filled in once moved to 'Ready for Functional Testing'")
}
else {
log.debug('inside else')
//line below logs NULL value 
log.debug("skillSet Value " + skillSetField.value)
RiskLikelihoodField.setRequired(false) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHidden(true) 
RiskLikelihoodField.setHelpText ("") 
RiskLikelihoodField.setFormValue(defaultValue) 
}

@Ilya Turov  

[Judah]

@Ilya Turov Also returning Null for 'getAction().id' when change the status

[Ilya Turov]

do you have it in initializer or in a field script? Im not sure about the latter, but pretty sure it captured action during the initializer. are you sure your behaviour mapping is correct?

[Judah]

I will keep plugging away, looks like you answered my initial question.

Thank you! 

[Ilya Turov]

I hope at least that initial part is correct. 

Also, even though you are not getting action id for some reason, I think it should be a number, not a string (for future comparison). 

[Judah]

@Ilya Turov 

It looks like the problem is still with the Skillset(s) field value (the action ID check is working) but the line that you provided does not meet the comparison in my IF. 

def skillSetsField = getFieldByName("Skillset(s)")
if ("Application Testing" in skillSetsField.value) {
  //do something
}

When I log skillSetsField.value it remains NULL for some reason. ??

[Ilya Turov]

are you positive the field exists? and that it's present on the screen

because if it's not on the screen, you need to use soemething like this:

def skillSetsField = ComponentAccessor.customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectsByName("Skillset(s)")[0]
def skillSetsValue = underlyingIssue.getCustomFieldValue(skillSetsField)
if ("Application Testing" in skillSetsValue) {
  //do something
}

e: because the first method only retrieves values from fields on the transition screen

[Judah]

The Skillset(s) field is under a tab called Categorize. 

[Judah]

Working now! Thank you! 

Are tabs, such as the ones pictured above, considered part of the transition screen only if they are selected? ie. "story details" and "categorize" 

[Ilya Turov]

no, transition screen is well, what it is, a transition screen, and it has nothing to do with view/edit/etc issue screens. and it can have it's own tabs

glad it worked in the end