Bulk change Security Level

Question

I need to set Security Level for over 100,000 issues. Bulk change 1000 at a time or Jira Automation constantly timing out are both terrible. It seems like I ought to be able to run larger batches via Jira CLI, but I can't get it to recognize the Security Level field by name or id (security).

Some commands I've tried (also variations with and without single and double quotes):

acli --action runFromIssueList --jql "project = CAPS AND 'Localization Help' is EMPTY" --common "--action setFieldValue --issue @issue@ --field security --value 10602"

acli --action runFromIssueList --jql "project = CAPS AND 'Localization Help' is EMPTY" --common "--action setFieldValue --issue @issue@ --field 'Security Level' --value Internal"

I always get an error that the custom field "is not defined or not valid in this context." I think this might be because I'm on Jira 8.22 and Security Level is a system field? Anyone know how to get this to work?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted Answer

I have not checked this recently, but I wanted to get you an answer as fast as possible!

Last time I tried to set the Security level over REST, the field name/id was "level", not security or security-level - could you give that a quick shot?

The other thing to look at is if the account posting the security level is a part of it - only users in a level can apply it to an issue.

Jennifer D. Smith · Accepted Answer

Thanks to some hints I got from the API info from Nick and Hannes, this is the working Jira CLI call:

acli --action runFromIssueList --jql "project = CAPS AND 'Localization Help' is EMPTY" --common "--action setFieldValue --issue @issue@ --field security --value Internal --suppressNotify" --continue

Important: make sure that your CLI user's permissions are correct and also that the field is on the edit screen for the issue types that you are looking to change.