Cannot copy Checkbox Customfield values from Epic to Child using Behaviours

[Rob Berube]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use ScriptRunner Behaviours to copy the Epic's Chapter Field to the child task. I tried to follow the instructions here but I'm stuck: 

https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/5.4.7/jira/recipes/behaviours/setting-default-fields.html 

I'm able to get the Epic's value from the field, the problem is applying those values to the child. Here's the code I have currently (some mention of description is in the code so that i can see the values). I think the problem is with this:

def optionsToSelect = options.findAll { it.value in EpicChapterFieldVal }

that the values i get from the epic are in a string and not in a list so that when i pass the values to the optionsmanager it doesnt know what to return. I can confirm I am able to get the values from the Epic but i cannot get the values to be applied to the checkbox field. Any help would be great, I've been bashing my head against this wall for a few days now.

import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours


//Get the epic link from the current issue
FormField parent = getFieldByName("Epic Link")

//get the key of the epic
parentIssueId = parent.getFormValue().replaceAll("key:","")

//
IssueManager issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
//get the epic issue itself
MutableIssue parentIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject(parentIssueId)

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()

// Get the checkbox option value as a String

def EpicChapterField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Chapter")
def EpicChapterFieldVal = parentIssue.getCustomFieldValue(EpicChapterField).toString()


// Get a pointer to my select list field
def selectList = getFieldByName("Chapter")

// Get access to the required custom field and options managers
def optionsManager = ComponentAccessor.getOptionsManager()
def customField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject(selectList.getFieldId())
def config = customField.getRelevantConfig(getIssueContext())
def options = optionsManager.getOptions(config)

// Logic to do some actions depending on what check box value is selected
//def desc = getFieldById("description")
//desc.setFormValue(EpicChapterFieldVal)

def optionsToSelect = options.findAll { it.value in EpicChapterFieldVal } 
//desc.setFormValue(EpicChapterFieldVal)
selectList.setFormValue(optionsToSelect*.optionId)

[Joanna Choules · Accepted solution]

Hi Rob,

What is the type of the value you are getting back from EpicChapterField before you convert it to a string?

J

[Rob Berube]

Hi Jake,

Thanks for taking the time to try and help me out, however, I did happen to solve it myself using the code here:

https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/latest/jira/recipes/behaviours/subtask-default-fields.html

cheers,

Rob