How to copy part of one custom field to another?

[Purujeet Parida]

I want to copy a part of a string stored in one custom field to another custom field on the same issue.

Can I do it via automation since I can't find any custom field type which will let me define the function that does this?

[Ajay _view26_]

Hi @Purujeet Parida 

Should be possible with smart values in automation for jira. Can you let me know the custom filed types involved here ?

[Purujeet Parida]

Hi @Ajay _view26_ Both are multi-line text fields. One of them is auto-populated by a link with Zohodesk. I need to copy only the numerical code (of format #****, where * is one character) which is at the beginning of every string and discard the rest of the string.

[Ajay _view26_]

You could try using regex in your expression something similar to 

{{issue.description.match("([a-z]+@[a-z]+\.[a-z]{2,4})")}}

Note that you would need to edit the regex to suite your requirement

[Purujeet Parida]

Thanks. Let me try that.