I'd like to capture the project key when an issue is created in a custom field called "Original Project Key"

[Ted Nienstedt]

I'd like to capture the project key when an issue is created in a custom field called "Original Project Key". Having this is useful for us if/when the issue is moved to another project. Is there a way to do it with a post function script? And, recording they key rather than the project name is preferable for brevity sake.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

You can try using the "Copy Value From Field" post function in JIRA Suite utilities plugin. Source field will be "Key" and destination field can be a text custom field. Haven't tried it myself but seems that will work.

[Christian Czaia [Decadis AG]]

I've done it that way. Works like a charm...

[Ted Nienstedt]

Well, I'm currently looking at https://jamieechlin.atlassian.net/wiki/display/GRV/Post+Functions#PostFunctions-Copyonefieldtoanotherusingregexp as an example, becuase what I want is the project key (before the dash of the issue key,) but haven't got that approach working yet. I'm I over complicating it?

thanks

[Christian Czaia [Decadis AG]]

Jamie's script runner is what I would go for so I guess you hit the spot. I guess you have to do dome scripting since you're looking for a substring. Other than that you could have a look at this plugin :

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.fca.jira.plugins.workflowToolbox.workflow-toolbox

Cheers