if/break or if/and conditions in jira automation

[philip_song]

I have a series of "shell" tickets. These are summary issues that contain 5 sections, with each section containing 3 fields (total of 15 fields in the ticket). By default these are all empty. 

When a trigger ticket is created (Jira Form), the form contains:

-1 sections worth fields (3) 
-A text field to denote which shell tickets the information corresponds with (`shell_issues`)

I'd like to copy the data from the trigger ticket into the shell ticket with some constraints.

Here is the expected ux (sections are always filled out incrementally):

1. User submits form, and specifies ticket A
2. Jira automation looks at ticket A, sees that `Section 1` is null, and copies fields 1-3 onto `Section 1`
3. User submits another form, and specifics tickets A and B.
4. Jira automation looks at ticket A, sees that `Section 1` is not null, and sees that `Section 2` is null, and copies fields 1-3 onto `Section 2`. It then searches Ticket B, and similar to #2, copies info into `Section 1`.

Currently, here's what I tried:

• Smart variable for `shell_issues`
• Branch with JQL to loop through `shell_issues`
• For each shell issue:
  • If Section 1 is null
    • edit issue with form fields
  • If Section 2 is null
    • edit issue with form fields

The problem is that since all shells start empty, the first time a form is submitted, it will fill all sections.

I'm wondering if there's a way to if/and. Example `If section 2 is empty AND the section 1 field matches the field that already exists then stop`. 

Also, not to combine multiple requests into one question but I tried to put the `if` condition into the edit issue to cut down on components, but wasn't able to get it working so if anyone has ideas on that I'd love to try.

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @philip_song -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I am not completely following all of the steps in your scenario, and...

You could combine your tests using smart value, conditional logic with a Smart Values Condition to test them together: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-conditional-logic/#and

There is another way to do this using the if / else block, but that will not work for your case as such blocks cannot be defined inside of a rule branch.  (However if you are able to invert the logic, a branch can be contained within an if / else block.)

Kind regards,
Bill

[philip_song]

Hi Bill, 

I think then this works for me: {{#if(and(exists(customfield_1),not(exists(issue.customfield_2))))}}{{/}}

Thanks for your help and welcome!