Setting the value of a custom field from another custom field in a postfunction

Question

I need to be able to copy the value of one custom field to the value of a different custom field during a transition (postfunction) between an Epic and a story. I understand copying one field value to another field value during the parent-subtask relationship, but am running into the problem when it comes to linked issues.

Example: My Epic includes a value, Account Name. Off of the Epic, a user builds a Story that includes the field Advertiser Name (more widely used internally than Epic). I need the value of Account Name in the Epic to pull down into the Story as Advertiser Name. Can anybody offer some guidance? Thanks

Radhika Vijji _Innovalog_ · Answer

Hi Jordan,

You can do that using the "Copy value from field to field" post-function of Jira Misc Workflow Extensions app. Add the post-function to the "Create" transition of the Story workflow, select the "Account Name" field as the Source field and the "Advertiser Name" as the Destination field. Save the post-function and publish the workflow.

Regards,

Radhika

Alexander Bondarev_x6gjf3 · Answer

Hi, @Jordan Lem !

ScriptRunner for Jira will be excellent solution to your case,

It has post-function 'Clones an issue and links',

also you can read this article.