Jira Automation to Copy Target Start / End to Cloned Issue

Steven Drury_8gsy9t

Hello, 

I'm trying to setup an automation that will copy values from Target Start and Target End to a linked issue. I have the automation set up and can get the cloned issue updating, but I am having trouble with the Target Start / End fields that are created by Advanced Roadmaps. 

I have the 'Edit issue' action running on linked issues, and am using the Additional Fields to set these values. If I use the following, the dates are copied but are one day behind the trigger issue. 

{
  "fields": {
    "Target start": "{{triggerissue.Target start}}",
    "Target end": "{{triggerissue.Target end}}"
  }
}

If I try to work around this by using .plusdays(1) (as in below) then I get 'Error parsing date string'. 

{
  "fields": {
    "Target start": "{{triggerissue.Target start.plusDays(1)}}",
    "Target end": "{{triggerissue.Target end.plusDays(1)}}"
  }
}

Where am I going wrong here? 

 

Steven Drury_8gsy9t

This morning I have found a solution for this problem. When using the Clone Issue (or create/edit) function in Automation for Jira, setting the following under additional fields will clone the Target Start or Target End values and can handle date manipulation. 

Replace customfield_12345 with the id of your Target Start or Target End field. 

{
  "fields": {
    "customfield_12345": "{{issue.fields.customfield_12345.toDate("yyyy-MM-dd").plusDays(1).format("yyyy-MM-dd")}}"
  }
}