Clone issue Post Function - clearing the Epic Link field for cloned issues

Ovidiu Vasilescu

This is pretty much the exact question here: https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/18812102

The problem is that the answer given there is wrong, as is mentioned by the initial poster.

checkLink = {link -> false}  does NOT clear the Epic Link and I see no info in the documentation on how to do this. Googling it I only find the above question over and over again.

Note: I very much like the fact that the command above does not clear the Epic Link; it's good to separate all links from Epic Links. However, I'd like to know what I need to do to specifically clear just the Epic Link.

 

Any help please?

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Jonny Carter_3nm6du

As discussed, the Epic Link is actually its own separate custom field, distinct from regular links. As such, you'll need to clear it separately from the checkLinks closure. You can do both (set checkLink and clear the Epic Link), or just do the one that suits you in the Additional Actions section of a post function. To clear it, just set the value to null.

checkLink = {link -> false};
def epic = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(issue).find {it.name == 'Epic Link'}
issue.setCustomFieldValue(epic, null)

Take note that your mileage may vary on accessing the Epic Link through the custom field manager, depending on what version of JIRA and ScriptRunner you're using. I tested the above on JIRA 7.