nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Storing value to easily reuse/update them in ticket description

Alexis Zankowitch

Hi all,

I was updating my tickets to add some a link to my swagger hub so the developer knows what are the technical specification.
Then I thought, it would be nice to store the domain of this URL somehow and reuse it on all the ticket, like that if the domain change, I just need to change it once... and not xxx times 😅

I didn't find a way to do it, would anyone have any suggestions? Is it even possible?

Cheers,
Alexis

Accepted answers

All comments

Ste Wright

Hi @Alexis Zankowitch

There are a few options - this is how I would do it:

Create a Custom Field of type "URL Field"
Create a default value for the field - so it's set at creation for all newly created issues
Use bulk change to modify the URL if it changes for existing issues

^ This would allow for the default value to be set during creation - and using bulk change, modify the field in groups of 1000 issues at a time.

Let us know if this sounds of interest and would like some specific instructions on how to achieve it

Ste

Alexis Zankowitch

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for your answer. It sounds like what I'm looking for.
I think having a bit more specific instructions would help. I'm using Jira next-gen and I didn't find a way to set up a type of a custom field 😅

Alexis Zankowitch

Okay but let's say I have this field:
When I need to update the domain of the URL, will I need to then manually update all those URLs to provide the last part?

I want to have something like:

{https://mydomain/api/v2/} + user/message

Where I would have an easy way to update the first part:
{https://mydomain/api/v2}

Ste Wright

Hi @Alexis Zankowitch

For Next-Gen, you'd need to use a "Short Text" field instead.

To add this in Next-Gen, you'll need to be a Project Admin and then...

Go to Project Settings > Issues Types
Choose an Issue Type to add the field to - if more than one type of issue needs this field, it needs to be added individually to each
On the right-hand side, select the field "Short Text" in the Custom Field section
Give the field a name - and set the default value as your URL
Press Save Changes
Go into each Issue Type which requires this field. The field will now be available in the bottom-half of the right-hand side as a "previously-created field". Drag/drop it onto each Issue Type's field layout which needs it, pressing Save Changes each time.

----------------

The default setting will ensure it is one URL value at creation.

If the URL changes, you would need to update it on previously created issues - you could either:

Bulk Change: Search for the existing issues where the URL needs to change (Filters > Advanced Issue Search), then bulk change their URL if it will be the same value for all (3-dots Button > Bulk Change XX Issues)
Automation: It might be possible to have a manual trigger-based automation rule which you can modify to include the new URL then trigger to update all relevant issues (eg. all open issues). You could also use this during creation to populate the URL if you preferred.

----------------

If the Automation rule sounds of interest, let us know some more specifics about how the URL would change (an example would be ideal), and I'll aim to provide some instructions

Ste

Welcome!

It looks like you're new here. Sign in or register to get started.

Quick Links

Find more posts tagged with

cloud

jira-software