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Exclude or clear custom field for a cloned issue

Suresh Bhandiwad

Team,

We are using the Jira cloud environment, we have couple of custom field which we don't want to be copied when cloned using Jira in-built functionality. The only possibility I see here is using Jira script runner plugin by configuring the listner. Could anyone help me with the script?

Environment: Jira cloud
Custom field, Single line text field

Seems cloud script runner works in a different way than the Jira server.

Thanks,
Suresh

Accepted answers

Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_

Hi Suresh,

Thank you for your question.

I can confirm that to have a field value removed when an issue is cloned using the built-in Jira clone issue functionality with ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud that you will need to create a Script Listener and configured to fire on the Issue Link Created event.

The script for the listener will need to check the type of the issue link that is created and if it has the link type of cloners then will need to update the cloned issue to make a put request to the Issue rest API in order to update the fields that you want to set to have a null value.

I have created an example script located here which you can configure as a script listener on the Issue Link Created event in order to clear the value of the Description field and a specified Single line text field on the cloned issue.

You will then be able to use this script as a reference guide and to modify this example in order to set other fields that you want to remove the values from when the issue is cloned.

If this response has answered your question can you please mark it as accepted so that other users can see it is correct when searching for similar answers.

Regards,

Kristian

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Suresh Bhandiwad

By the way Field is Single line text, custom field.
Environment is Jira cloud

Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_

Hi Suresh,

Thank you for your question.

You will then be able to use this script as a reference guide and to modify this example in order to set other fields that you want to remove the values from when the issue is cloned.

If this response has answered your question can you please mark it as accepted so that other users can see it is correct when searching for similar answers.

Regards,

Kristian

Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_

Hi Suresh,

I can confirm that I have updated my example above to show how to remove the value from a single line select list type custom field as well.

Regards,

Kristian

Suresh Bhandiwad

Thank you for your response Kristian!

I see below static error when configured and ended in failure. IssueLink not declared. Is there something I need to add further?

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Attached screenshot.

Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_

Hi Suresh,

Can I please ask you to confirm if you set your Script Listener to be configured on the IssueLink Created event as the listener will need to be configured on this event in order for the issueLink variable to be available to the script.

I can confirm that if you use the Issue Created event which is similar that you will get this static type checking warning and that you should change the event to be the IssueLink Created event to resolve this warning.

Regards,

Kristian

Laci

@Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_ Could this be used with a Jira System field such as Fix Version? Thanks!

kedar pan

@Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_ i tried running the script that you had but facing the code stat error. I also checked IssueLink Created event.

Suresh Bhandiwad

Hi @Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_

Custom field also gets cleared when a user links issues by mistake or accidental using link type "Cloners". Is there a way to avoid this field getting cleared when an issues are linked manually using 'Cloners' link type instead Jira built in function?