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Groovy post script clone with customfields to description

Kevin Lynch3

I need to make the description containing a UserPicker custom field 10436 'Reports To' value and DatePicker custom field 10434 'Start Date' value. The current values in the ticket are 'Test User' which corresponds to username 'tuser' and '15/Mar/13'

issue.description = 'Reports To=' + cfValues['Reports To'] + '\nStart Date=' + cfValues['Start Date']

Output shows null in the description:

Reports To=null

Start Date=null

I want the output to be

Reports To=tuser

Start Date=15/Mar/13

Thanks

Accepted answers

Kevin Lynch3

okay, found the answer in the response to https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/70050/why-do-i-get-a-null-pointer-exception-when-try-to-execute-a-post-function

The field that you want to take with you from the original issue is not also available to the cloned issue/project, the value will be null. You must make the fields available to both projects and issues of the original and clone issue. You DO NOT have to place the field on any screens.

Therefore, the following worked just fine, and the values where passed to the cloned ticket and placed (overwrote) the Descriptions field.

issue.summary = issue.summary + ' (separation ticket from HR)'
issue.description = 'Reports To=' + cfValues['Reports To'] + '\nStart Date=' + cfValues['Start Date']
issue.assigneeId = 'sysadmin'

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JamieA

What context is this... some kind of post-function?

What happens if the user has entered a description, do you want to just overwrite it?

Kevin Lynch3

Yes, it is a post-function and yes, I want the description over written with the Reports To and Start Date information.

Thanks

Kevin Lynch3

I also tried the below, but am getting:

javax.script.ScriptException: javax.script.ScriptException: java.lang.NullPointerException

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager
 
def componentManager = ComponentManager.instance
def customFieldManager = componentManager.getCustomFieldManager()
 
def rt = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName('Reports To')
def sd = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName('Start Date')

issue.description = 'Report To=' + issue.getCustomFieldValue(rt) +'\nStart Date=' + issue.getCustomFieldValue(sd)

JamieA

Add some logging so you can see what exactly is null... could be one of the custom fields for instance/

Kevin Lynch3

okay, found the answer in the response to https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/70050/why-do-i-get-a-null-pointer-exception-when-try-to-execute-a-post-function

Therefore, the following worked just fine, and the values where passed to the cloned ticket and placed (overwrote) the Descriptions field.

issue.summary = issue.summary + ' (separation ticket from HR)'
issue.description = 'Reports To=' + cfValues['Reports To'] + '\nStart Date=' + cfValues['Start Date']
issue.assigneeId = 'sysadmin'

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