How to find smart value for last edited comment for automation rule??

[Nishit Popat]

I want to find last edited comment : Currently I am using {{issue.comment.last.body}} but it is giving me last created comment.

But I want to use last edited comment for my project.

Anyone knows how to find this??

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Nishit Popat -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

As you have asked the question, I do not believe it is possible within an Automation for Jira rule.

The smart value of interest for your use case is {{issue.comments.updated}} and the comment you want is {{issue.comments.updated.max}} from the list.

I can think of a couple of limitations for the built-in features that prevent getting the associated comment:

• JQL does not allow sorting on the attributes of a comment, preventing an ORDER BY to help
• Smart value list filtering does not allow use of a created variable or a nested list to compare for the maximum updated date.

A possible work-around would be to trigger on issue updated and to detect a comment edit with the changelog, then save that date/time and comment for later use in a custom field.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Rafael Costa · Accepted solution]

I think this will help you:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def commentMgr = ComponentAccessor.getCommentManager()
def commentsUpdated = (commentMgr.getComments(issue).findAll {it.updated > it.created})
def lastCommentUpdated = commentsUpdated.sort{it.updated}.last()