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Add a label using Automation, without changing/removing existing labels

Alex Bernardin_4g2emn

Using the Automation add-on, I want to have a rule/action such that on a specific transition, a label gets added to the labels field.

When I set this up using the 'Edit field' action, I found that the new label would be applied, and existing labels would be removed.

Wondering if there is a different action I can use to add a value to a field without replacing the existing field value?

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Alex Bernardin_4g2emn

aaaaaand, as so often happens, I've answered my own question.

When you use the Edit Field action, there's a text field for entering the new value. To the right of that field there's an elipsis overflow menu icon. Clicking that icon gives you options for adding or removing explicit values from the field, instead of just replacing the field.

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Alex Bernardin_4g2emn

aaaaaand, as so often happens, I've answered my own question.

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Angelo C

Thanks for this post. I got caught in this and didn't see the hidden menu.

For the sake of clarity, the top field is for values you want to add to the issue. If you want to keep the other values intact, you leave the bottom field blank.

Tom Stratton_gporaq

What Angelo said!

Doug Reading

Same here. I completely missed this, thanks for sharing!

Julia Anderson_gce4nt

This 'add/remove' setting is still replacing existing labels for me and not adding. Any help would be appreciated!

Harald.Conradi

@Julia Anderson

I learned the hard way today that all previous labels were removed when Automation added my "Sprint/Planned" label.

Based on the above tips (thanks, all!), I've made edits.

I'm using ... > Add/remove values

Top Row is "Values to add" - the label I want to add
Bottom row is left blank (based on above tips), so that should leave the other, pre-existing Labels values intact.

I'll find out in 2 weeks if this worked as intended. :-)

Julia Anderson_gce4nt

Thanks for the response @Harald.Conradi. I am also using that solution to no avail.

Alex DePaul

Hi! The fix for me was to select "copy from issue" and then add the new label.

Adrian Szubert_41da7h

Hello!

I was creating the automation where I wanted to get Labels from trigger issues + Add one more label. Tried a few solutions provided in the comments, but nothing worked for me. In the end, with some trials, I came up with the following solution:

1. Trigger: Issue Transitioned in Workflow to a certain status

2. Create a new: Task, and there in the options for Labels I have provided "Add Labels from Parent issue" -> changing it to trigger issue does not work (it wipes them out, not sure why)

3. Re-fetch issue Data

4. Edit issue field: Add the Labels you want to see

Hope it helps, or maybe someone can explain the difference between Parent and Trigger in this context - here those are exactly the same issues, but maybe in other scenarios it takes a different approach.

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