Copy Select List (single choice) value to another Select List (single choice) field

Dan Earle

I'm new to Jira Administration and scripting so I'm not sure if this is even possible.

 

I have two Select List (single choice) fields, one with values 1...10, another with values 1...5. What I'm trying to do is copy the 1...10 field over to the 1...5 but divide by to, thus converting 8-10 to a value of 5, 6-7 to a value of 4, etc.

 

We have the ScriptRunner plugin which has the built-in "Copy custom field values" script, however that looks to be a 1 to 1 conversion for custom fields so I don't think it will apply any math to the conversion.

Mike Rathwell

Hi @Dan Earle ,

You are right; that script is only a copy from one to an other script which has proven immensely helpful when I have had to rationalize custom fields from too many to not quite too many.

The fact that you have ScriptRunner is a great start, however. There is no reason you couldn't write a Groovy script that does the same thing but with your arithmetic added into it.

Heading out a bit farther, I don't understand the use case you are citing here. Is this a one-time conversion from the 1 - 10 field to the recalculated or is this an ongoing thing? If this is an ongoing thing, a calculated field derived from the 1 - 10 field might be the way to go.