Jira Automation Create New Label

Don.Sevcik

I'm in the Jira Automation section and I select "Scheduled" as a trigger.

I see I can do something every 30 days. I'm wondering if I can do it on the first of the month.

Also, I'd like to know how to create a new label.

on the first of every month, or every 30 days, I want to create a new label of:

Month (in words) underscore "Release". 

So on May 1, I'd want a new label automatically created for my project called:

May_Release

Ste Wright

Hi @Don.Sevcik

Your Cron will create the issue at 08:15:00am, on the 1st day, every month. I create that as 0 15 8 1 * ? * - but I think both should work

You'll need to create at least one issue with the action - for a label to be active, it needs an issue to live on.

This is how I did it:

Trigger:

• Scheduled
• Use Cron Expression - 0 15 8 1 * ? *
• When Rule Executes - run a JQL search and pass results to subsequent conditions and actions
• JQL - key = TEST-123

Action:

• Create Issue
• Field - Labels
• Advanced (Additional Fields) - see below:

{

    "update": {

        "labels": [

            {

                "add": "{{now.format("MMM")}}_Release"

            }

        ]

    }

}

 

^ Save and publish the rule.

I chose to create the label on one issue - perhaps a test issue or a training issue. Labels are platform-wide, so it doesn't have to be in created in your project.

I also formatted as "MMM" but you could make this a number or similar depending on what you want.

To do this I used Smart Values - Date and Time Functions and Advanced Field Editing - JSON

Let me know if you need any further help.

Ste