Get Jira Multi Select Options

[Hemanshu Sood]

Hi,

I have 2 custom fields A and B.

A is a multi-select field

I want to write a behavior script(for create issue screen) according to which if a user selects any option(out of A) which contains a String "XXX" then field B is set to hidden. I tried below script but it did not work:

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

FormField Impact = getFieldById ("customfield_18750") // 

FormField bim = getFieldById ("customfield_11251")// 
log.debug("--- Entering3 ---")

def selectedOption = Impact.getValue() as String
if ((selectedOption.contains("UK")))
{

log.debug("--- Entering If ---")
bim.setHidden(true)
}

else
{
log.debug("--- Entering Else ---")
bim.setHidden(false)
}

Please assist

[Mark Markov]

Hello @Hemanshu Sood

I check your code and it works pretty well.

Where are you place this script? It must be mapped to your multi-select field

[Hemanshu Sood]

Hi Mark, as mentioned above, I am using it as a behavior script on create issue screen. It is mapped to multi select field in the behavior

[Mark Markov]

Hmmm, it seems like you use GUI condition to run it on create screen. Sometimes it works really bad, try to remove that condition and make it in code, like this:

import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField

if (getActionName() == "Create") {
    FormField Impact = getFieldById("customfield_18750") // 

    FormField bim = getFieldById("customfield_11251")// 
    log.debug("--- Entering3 ---")


    def selectedOption = Impact.getValue() as String
    if ((selectedOption.contains("UK"))) {

        log.debug("--- Entering If ---")
        bim.setHidden(true)
    } else {
        log.debug("--- Entering Else ---")
        bim.setHidden(false)
    }
} 

[Hemanshu Sood]

Hi mark,

It is entering the script but giving the below error in logs:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method contains() on null object
at Script1.run(Script1.groovy:14)

[Mark Markov]

It seems your Impact field has no value, so we need to check that in code.

If code now gives you error, its good sign. It finally start to work :)

try this:

import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField

if (getActionName() == "Create") {
    FormField Impact = getFieldById("customfield_18750") //

    FormField bim = getFieldById("customfield_11251")//
    log.debug("--- Entering3 ---")


    def selectedOption = Impact.getValue() as String
    if (selectedOption && selectedOption.contains("UK")) {

        log.debug("--- Entering If ---")
        bim.setHidden(true)
    } else {
        log.debug("--- Entering Else ---")
        bim.setHidden(false)
    }
}

[Hemanshu Sood]

Yup, still giving error , I selected 2 options in the create issue screen for the Multi select field, giving the below error:

s/1.0/behaviours/validatorsByPid.json [jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours] --- Entering3 ---
2018-06-18 09:07:24,133 http-bio-8080-exec-14 DEBUG soodhema 547x2541x1 7xy39s 10.99.242.218 /rest/com.onresolve.jira.plugin.Behaviours/1.0/behaviours/validatorsByPid.json [jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours] --- Entering Else ---

[Mark Markov]

I dont see any error, this is you debug messages.

[Hemanshu Sood]

The script is just not working then, even after selecting 2 options,(one of them contains UK), this script is not able to hide the custom field

[Mark Markov]

It seems somewhere we made a mistake, to find out where let's, add some debug messages to see what exactly happens when our code runs

import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField

log.debug("You are on Action Name: "+ getActionName())
if (getActionName() == "Create") {
    FormField Impact = getFieldById("customfield_18750") //
    log.error("FormField 1: "+ Impact)
    FormField bim = getFieldById("customfield_11251")//
    log.debug("Formfield 2: "+ bim)
    log.debug("--- Entering3 ---")


    def selectedOption = Impact.getValue() as String
    log.debug("Selected option: "+ selectedOption)
    log.debug("Pass condition?: "+ selectedOption && selectedOption.contains("UK"))
    if (selectedOption && selectedOption.contains("UK")) {

        log.debug("--- Entering If ---")
        bim.setHidden(true)
    } else {
        log.debug("--- Entering Else ---")
        bim.setHidden(false)
    }
}

[Hemanshu Sood]

Selected option: null

this is what I am getting , the code seems fine, but as Nic said above it is multi select field , 

hence when I select more than 1 option in the field, how can I get it as String, or how to get both the values and check if condition on them

[Mark Markov]

Whats happen(logs) when you choose values in your multiselect.

Script runs every time when change data in field

Yes, as Nic said, select list its a list object, but when you cast it as String it became String object

[Hemanshu Sood]

FormField 1: Form field ID: customfield_18750, value: null

 Formfield 2: Form field ID: customfield_11251, value: null

 --- Entering3 ---

Selected option: null

This is what comes in logs

[Mark Markov]

No matter what value you choose in select list? Please check that is id is correct for your multiselect field.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Multi-selects contain arrays of options, so I suspect your cast of the value to a string is letting you down.

[Hemanshu Sood]

Hi Nick, can you correct this script then? Still not able to make it work.

Using it as behavior script on create issue screen