Jira automation. Trying to extract part of description field to a smart value.

Neil Ingram

I am trying to setup an automation rule that does the following

- when issue created

- if description contains the text “ref:”

- extract the ref: and subsequent 10 characters from the description to a smart value (text to extract could be anywhere in the description field)

- add the smart value to the end of the summary field

I am having trouble with the extract part. Can anyone help? Thanks

JD_sjez00

Hi @Neil Ingram 

You can use a regex expression on the existing description smart value to extract the text. It will look something like this:

{{issue.description.match("(ref\:.{0,10})")}}

This will extract the ref: and the next 0-10 characters after it. If you know the ref: will always be exactly 10 characters you could use (ref\:.{10}) . 

Your rule will look something like this:

 

 

Hope that helps,

John