Copy date field from parent to related issue

[Peter Ellis]

Hi,

I have the following code that is creating a related issue via a behaviour,

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()

if (getBehaviourContextId() == "create-change-pmo") {

    getFieldById("project-field").setReadOnly(true)

    getFieldById("issuetype-field").setReadOnly(true)

    def contextIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject(getContextIssueId())

    getFieldById("issuelinks-linktype").setFormValue("Linked by Change").setReadOnly(true)

    getFieldById("issuelinks-issues").setFormValue(contextIssue.key).setReadOnly(true)

    getFieldById("assignee").setFormValue(contextIssue.assigneeId).setReadOnly(false)

getFieldByName("Name of 3rd Party Issues")setHidden(true)

getFieldByName("Name of Dependant Project or Programme").setHidden(true)

getFieldByName("Other Details").setHidden(true)

}

This is from the ScriptRunner library - it works fine. However I also need to copy a customfield date from the parent and I am using this code,

getFieldById("customfield_33008").setFormValue(contextIssue.getCustomFieldValue(customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_33008"))).setReadOnly((false))

This example attempts to put a long number into the date field (see attachments) I don't understand why that would be happening as they are both date fields of the same name. If I try changing the code (removing the FieldManger part it does nothing). can someone assist?

[PD Sheehan · Accepted solution]

Behavious methods run against/witch the form data.

While the native jira methods run against/with database data.

So when you retrieve the value of the customfield using contextIssue.getCustomFieldValue() you get a "Timestamp" object (that a jira api call from the com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue class)

But the "setFormValue" needs a valid string since that's what the form expects.

Something like this should work:

def sourceDate = underlyingIssue.getCustomFieldValue(33008) //this uses a HAPI extension method that bypasses the need for the customFieldManager
getFieldById('customfield_33008').setFormValue(sourceDate.format('d/MMM/yyyy')).setReadOnly(true)

[Peter Ellis]

Hi @PD Sheehan

I tried your suggestion but it didn't work. What I finally got working was a variation of yours,

def sourceDate = contextIssue.getCustomFieldValue("Baseline M2 Date")

getFieldById("customfield_33008").setFormValue(sourceDate.format('dd/MMM/yy'))

 Appreciate your help :-)

[Harsh]

Hi @Peter Ellis 

I would suggest to use jira automation. That would be easier to do so. 

And wrt your code. Please check the date format in parent and child ticket (if they are different) and Convert the date to correct format.