Populating Labels Based on Assignee (Issue with parsing JSON)

Allison

Hello,

I'm trying to build an automation to update the label with the assignee display name-HI when the assignee is changed. Since labels do not accept spaces, I need to use the advanced fields (https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/advanced-field-editing-json/ and https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/automation-for-jira-fails-to-copy-components-list-to-label-with-error-message-the-label-contains-spaces-which-is-invalid-1072473388.html) .

 

So, if I assignee an issue to a user named First Last, I'd like the label to be FirstLast-Hi

 

I have attempted dozens of configurations , but always get an error. I am hoping someone can assist in getting this to work:

 

 

 

{

    "update": {

        "labels": [{

                "add": "{{assignee.displayName.remove(" ").concat("-RH")}}"

        }]

    }

}

 

 

Here's the error:

Error editing issues: (Field labels cannot appear in both 'fields' and 'update')

 

Thank you in advance!
Allison

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Allison 

I noted that you have nested double-quoting in your update, due to formula usage.  Have you tried to work around that by switching to single-quotes inside?

 "add": "{{assignee.displayName.remove(' ').concat('-RH')}}"

Or, you could save the right-side value to a created variable and then use that one.

Best regards,
Bill