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Is it possible to have text field inherited from one issue to another based on issue links?

Jane Ellis_v5o6hy

Hello

I am running into an issue with Scriptrunner. We have a multi-line Description text field that gets filled out or edited on 2 different issue types.

Issue Type 1 is the "parent" issue and Issue Type 2 is the "child" issue. This relationship is solely based on them being linked issues.

Issue Type 1 obviously gets created first. Issue Type 2 is then created (and usually cloned from Issue Type 1 with minor updates).

What we'd like is for any time the Description box is UPDATED in Issue Type 1, that update is automatically done in linked Issue Type 2 issues as well.

I would be so grateful for any thoughts/feedback or code that anyone is able to provide to assist with this matter. Please let me know if you need any further clarification.

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Hana Kučerová

Hi @Jane Ellis ,

welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I think it will be the best to create custom script listener. Nice example can be found here (it is written for some custom field, but I think it will be very similar for the description field).

Jane Ellis_v5o6hy

Hi @Hana Kučerová! I have been trying to write a Listener and have tried the one you attached. It does not work.

Juan José Marchal Gómez

Hello @Jane Ellis

can you share with as your final code that doesn't work?

Best regards.

Jane Ellis_v5o6hy

@Juan José Marchal Gómez : Please don't judge, I don't have any scripting experience so I've been working off things on the web. I appreciate any assistance you may be able to provide.

It does not give me an errors... it just doesn't do anything to the issues that are cloned from it when I update the original issue.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.isssue.MutableIssue

// the name of the field to copy
final String fieldNameToCopy = "Description"

// leave blank to copy from the last linked issue (regardless the link type)
final String issueLinkTypeName = "Cloners"

def fieldManager = ComponentAccessor.fieldManager

def fieldToCopy = fieldManager.allAvailableNavigableFields.find { it.name == fieldNameToCopy }
if (!fieldToCopy) {
log.info "Could not find field with name $fieldNameToCopy"
return
}

def linkedIssues = ComponentAccessor.issueLinkManager.getOutwardLinks(event.issue.id)
if (!linkedIssues) {
log.info "There are no linked issues"
return
}

if (issueLinkTypeName && !(issueLinkTypeName in linkedIssues*.issueLinkType*.name)) {
log.info "Could not find any issue, linked with the $issueLinkTypeName issue type"
return
}

def linkedIssue = issueLinkTypeName ?
linkedIssues.findAll { it.issueLinkType.name == issueLinkTypeName }.last().destinationObject :
linkedIssues.last().destinationObject

def fieldToCopyId = fieldToCopy.id

switch (fieldToCopyId) {
case fieldManager.&isCustomFieldId:
def customField = ComponentAccessor.customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject(fieldToCopyId)
def linkedIssueCustomFieldValue = linkedIssue.getCustomFieldValue(customField)
(event.issue. as MutableIssue).setCustomFieldValue(customField, linkedIssueCustomFieldValue)
break

case IssueFieldConstants.COMPONENTS:
def commonComponents = linkedIssue.components.findAll { it.name in issue.components*.name }
issue.setComponent(commonComponents)
break

case IssueFieldConstants.FIX_FOR_VERSIONS:
def commonFixedVersions = linkedIssue.fixVersions.findAll { it.name in issue.fixVersions*.name }
issue.setFixVersions(commonFixedVersions)
break

case IssueFieldConstants.AFFECTED_VERSIONS:
def commonVersions = linkedIssue.affectedVersions.findAll { it.name in issue.affectedVersions*.name }
issue.setFixVersions(commonVersions)
break

default:
issue[fieldToCopyId] = linkedIssue[fieldToCopyId]
}

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