Automation smartvalue with the status of a linked issue

[Christof Hurst]

Hi, 

following situation:

• In an automation in issue A i need the statusname of a linked issue
• There are potentially more link issues
• Correct issue is linked via type "Communication" and linktype is "is communication for"

Tasks: 

• Determine the correct linked issue
• Get the status of these

Problems:

• I struggle with the syntax
• This is my attempt which gets no result:

{{#issue.issuelinks.type}}
  {{#if(equals(name, "Communication"))}} 
    {{issue.issueLinks.inwardIssue.status.name}} 
  {{/}}
{{/}}

• A smaller try gave me the names of the two linktypes of the test issues

{{#issue.issuelinks.type}} 
  {{name}}
{{/}}

So can someone find my mistake?

BR Christof

[Christof Hurst · Accepted solution]

Maybe I have to go another way and lookup for the issue via JQL:

issue IN linkedIssues("{{issue.key}}") AND issueLinkType = "has communication"

[Vishal Biyani]

@Christof Hurst 

Can you try using below syntax to get linked issue key and its status name

{{#issue.issuelinks}} {{outwardIssue.key}} {{outwardIssue.status.name}} {{/}}

[Christof Hurst]

This gets nothing. With inward... it gets the other linked issue which is wrong.

[Pasam Venkateshwarrao]

Hi @Christof Hurst 

    We can get the value of issue key based on the type of 'issue links'. 

   When we link "Issue B" from "Issue A" using 'blocks' (Issue A > More > Link > Issue B),

• "Issue A" blocks "Issue B"
  
  • Inward Issue - There will not be any inward issue. As link originated from 'Issue A'.
  • Outward Issue - Outward issue is 'Issue B'. As link is created from 'Issue A'.
• "Issue B" is blocked by "Issue A"
  • Inward Issue - Inward issue is 'Issue A'. As link is created from 'Issue A'.
  • Outward Issue - There will not be any Outward issue. As link is from 'Issue A'.

• We can fetch the values of linked issue keys (both "Inward" and "Outward" using below smart values.

  Inward Issue is {{issue.issuelinks.inwardIssue}}
  
  Outward Issue is {{issue.issuelinks.outwardIssue}}
  
  
  

{{issue.issuelinks.inwardIssue.key.status}}

[Christof Hurst]

This is true but not related to the problem.

Issue A have one or more linked issues. Only ONE of these is relevant (Communication and inward linktype "is communication for") and status status of only this one needs to be determined.