Text Functions don't seem to work on custom fields

[Jeremiah]

Why don't text functions work on custom fields?

I have a simple test automation to make a comment of the result of some text manipulation, but it doesn't work with custom fields. Can anyone help me figure this out or am I out of luck?

The automation is responding to a field change event, then an action of add a comment. Below are my comment results:

Works

Result: {{issue.Store Location}} -> "Result: Store Name 143"

Doesn't work

Result {{issue.Store Location.capitalize()}} -> "Result: "

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Jeremiah 

Have you confirmed the type of that custom field is not numeric?

And, smart values are spacing and case-sensitive...have you confirmed that is the correct name of the field?  Perhaps when the function is added a name error causes a problem.  Please try this how-to article with an example issue to learn the smart value for your field: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field/

Kind regards,
Bill

[Jeremiah]

I updated the sample. It’s not a numeric field. It works if I just print the value but no string manipulation works. 

[David Freitez]

Hi @Jeremiah

Can you give more context of what you are trying to achieve ?

In your example, issue.Store Location has as value 143 ?

If it is, why are you trying to use that function on a number ?

Regards,
David

[Jeremiah]

That was just an example of a text function. The store location is longer and text based. I tried the simplest function. Either way, there’s no output. 

[David Freitez]

Hi @Jeremiah

I just tried an example on my sandbox instance and created a custom field of type Text Field (multi-line) and it successfully used the function:

Are you using Jira Cloud?  What custom field type is the field you are having the problem with ?

[Jeremiah]

Interesting! My field type is single select list. I’ll have to do more testing. Thank you!

[Jeremiah]

This lead me down the right path. I was missing .value - because it's a select list and not just a straight text field. argh! Thanks!

[David Freitez]

Hi @Jeremiah

If the custom field is of type: Select (dropdown) then the smart value would have need to be this way to be used with the text function:

{{issue.Store Location.value.capitalize()}}

Can you confirm this worked ?