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How can I automatically populate the Epic based on the selection of custom field values ?

How can I automatically populate the Epic based on the selection of custom field values ?

I want to automate the population of Epic link from the value selected during the creation of the issue.

Can someone help with the concept of how to achieve this ? Thanks

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Since, Epic link denotes the epic, thus it seems you intend to link the story/task to an epic via the epic link field based on a certain custom field value during the post-function of the create transition. I hope I have understood you right.

You can't do this out of the box, but if you have a plugin like Script runner, then it's easily doable.

PLease see here how to set epic link

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-questions/How-to-set-epic-link-in-Jira-using-Groovy/qaq-p/673054

How to check custom field value using groovy

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Check-custom-field-value-in-a-groovy-script/qaq-p/191997

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@Tarun Sapra Hello. Yes you got that absolutely right, . Also, I do have Scriptrunner available. Any help on how this could be accomplished using Scriptrunner ? Thank you

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Hello @Aisha M

Put the post-function in the very end of the list of post-functions available and go through the links which I shared as they have all relevant code.

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@Tarun Sapra Okay Tarun. Thank you so much. Will try this out and see how it goes:)

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Sure @Aisha M

If it works for you then please accept/upvote the answer so that others are helped as well.

Thanks,

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@Tarun Sapra Hi Tarun, I have added the post function and understood that the links from the scripts could be used for my requirement. But, how do I relate the two scripts, that is, if custom field value is abc, set epic to ABC ? Can you please give in your thoughts. Thanks

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Hello @Aisha M

You don't need two scripts, in a single script you can fetch the custom field value as described in the links which I have shared and then if the value meets your condition then you can set epic link.

Psuedocode

If(yourCustomField value == what you want)  {

then 
epicLink.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(epicLink), epicIssue),new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())

}

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@Tarun Sapra Thank you Tarun. Is the below script meaningful,

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
def epicIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject("ATOTTS4-107") // Epic issue key here
def epicLink = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Epic Link")
epicLink.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(epicLink), epicIssue),new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())
def customField = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObject("customfield_10259");
def value = (String)issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField);

if(CustomFieldValue==initial) {
epicLink.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(ATOTTS4-107), epicIssue),new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())
}

Sorry for the trouble , really appreciate your help :)

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Hello @Aisha M

Yes, this script is meaningful, quick query is your customfield "customfield_10259" of type String? i.e. is it a text field?

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@Tarun Sapra Yes, its a text field. While I added this script, I get mini pop ups with this error:

The variable 'initial' is undeclared

The value 'ATOTTS4-107' is undeclared

Actually, initial is one of the field value and ATOTTS4 is the epic key

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The if statement should be

if(value == "initial")

instead of if(CustomFieldValue==initial)

And

instead of

epicLink.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(ATOTTS4-107), epicIssue),new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())

you should write

epicLink.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue("ATOTTS4-107"), epicIssue),new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())

Also add an import for Component Accessor at the beginning.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

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@Tarun Sapra The first statement is good now :)

But, getting the below error popup for the second statement,

com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue#getCustomFieldValue

(java.lang.string). Please check if the declared type is right & if the method exists

Also, added the import for Component Accessor :)

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If the custom field is of type string then it should work fine as you are type casting it to string, thus can you try executing the script

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@Tarun Sapra Hi Tarun :) The field is a drop down. It did not work. Dunno why.

Also, I added this as the last step of post function at the create issue transition. I hope that's correct.

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Ok, Could you please paste the complete code again in code macro and mention the type of each custom field being used in the code

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@Tarun Sapra

Custom Field Type - Drop down field

Field Value - initial

Epic Name - ATOTTS4-107

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
def epicIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject("ATOTTS4-107") // Epic issue key here
def epicLink = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Epic Link")
epicLink.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(epicLink), epicIssue),new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())
def customField = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObject("customfield_10259");
def value = (String)issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField);

if(value == "initial") {
epicLink.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue("ATOTTS4-107"), epicIssue),new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())
}

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Hello @Aisha M

Please try this code

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
def epicIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject("ATOTTS4-107") // Epic issue key here
def epicLink = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Epic Link")

def customField = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObject("customfield_10259");
def value = (String)issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField);

if(value == "initial") {
    epicLink.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(epicLink), epicIssue), new DefaultIssueChangeHolder());
}

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@Tarun Sapra The script has zero errors :) Thank you. But, the story is not updating with the Epic link when I select the field value. Dunno whats the problem here.

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@Tarun Sapra Below is the log report for the script failing.

2018-06-21 06:48:22,687 ERROR [workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction]: *************************************************************************************
2018-06-21 06:48:22,687 ERROR [workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction]: Script function failed on issue: ATOTTS4-111, actionId: 1, file: <inline script>
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at com.atlassian.jira.issue.link.DefaultIssueLinkManager.getIssueLink(DefaultIssueLinkManager.java:381)
 at com.atlassian.jira.issue.link.DefaultIssueLinkManager.createIssueLink(DefaultIssueLinkManager.java:89)
 at com.atlassian.plugin.util.ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.invoke(ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.java:26)
 at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy427.createIssueLink(Unknown Source)
 at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.bridge.external.HostComponentFactoryBean$DynamicServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(HostComponentFactoryBean.java:136)
 at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy427.createIssueLink(Unknown Source)
 at com.atlassian.greenhopper.manager.issuelink.EpicLinkManagerImpl.createLink(EpicLinkManagerImpl.java:322)
 at com.atlassian.greenhopper.manager.issuelink.EpicLinkManagerImpl.updateLinksForIssues(EpicLinkManagerImpl.java:238)
 at com.atlassian.greenhopper.manager.issuelink.EpicLinkManagerImpl.associateIssuesWithEpic(EpicLinkManagerImpl.java:179)
 at com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.issuelink.EpicServiceImpl.addIssuesToEpic(EpicServiceImpl.java:103)
 at com.atlassian.greenhopper.customfield.epiclink.EpicLinkCFType.associateIssueWithEpic(EpicLinkCFType.java:686)
 at com.atlassian.greenhopper.customfield.epiclink.EpicLinkCFType.createValue(EpicLinkCFType.java:202)
 at com.atlassian.greenhopper.customfield.epiclink.EpicLinkCFType.createValue(EpicLinkCFType.java:44)
 at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.ImmutableCustomField.createValue(ImmutableCustomField.java:693)
 at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.ImmutableCustomField.updateValue(ImmutableCustomField.java:410)
 at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.ImmutableCustomField.updateValue(ImmutableCustomField.java:396)
 at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.OrderableField$updateValue.call(Unknown Source)
 at Script89.run(Script89.groovy:14)

Issue: ATOTTS4-111

{
    "full.module.key": "com.onresolve.jira.groovy.groovyrunnerrungroovy-function (java.lang.String)",
    "canned-script": "com.onresolve.scriptrunner.canned.jira.workflow.postfunctions.CustomScriptFunction (java.lang.String)",
    "class.name": "com.onresolve.jira.groovy.GroovyFunctionPlugin (java.lang.String)",
    "issue": "ATOTTS4-111 (com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl)",
    "passesCondition": "true (java.lang.Boolean)",
    "transientVars": {
        "entry": "com.opensymphony.workflow.spi.SimpleWorkflowEntry@18d1ff0a",
        "issue": "ATOTTS4-111 (com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl)",
        "configuration": "com.opensymphony.workflow.config.DefaultConfiguration@366e2859",
        "context": "com.opensymphony.workflow.basic.BasicWorkflowContext@527acb27",
        "createdStep": "SimpleStep@2[owner=, actionId=0, status=open] (com.opensymphony.workflow.spi.SimpleStep)",
        "originalissueobject": "null (org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NullObject)",
        "actionId": "1 (java.lang.Integer)",
        "issueProperties": "{} (com.google.common.collect.EmptyImmutableBiMap)",
        "currentSteps": "[SimpleStep@2[owner=, actionId=0, status=open]] (java.util.ArrayList)",
        "pkey": "ATOTTS4 (java.lang.String)",
        "store": "com.opensymphony.workflow.spi.ofbiz.OfbizWorkflowStore@57d2f926",
        "descriptor": "com.atlassian.jira.workflow.ImmutableWorkflowDescriptor@1331c049"
    },
    "log": "org.apache.log4j.Logger@bd5b3c"
}

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instead of last function of create transition can you add this post-function in the end at some other transition i.e. may be start progress or something but not create transition and share the result.

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@Tarun Sapra I don't have any other transition that would make sense. Its more like create - lots of status - Ready to accept - Done

Don't know where else to add this, anyway will give it a shot :)

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@Tarun Sapra It did not work Tarun. Any other possibility of achieving this instead of using workflow post functions. Thank you :)

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