Update Date & Time field based on Checkbox

Drishti Maharaj

Hi,

I am looking to update a custom Date & Time Field based on if a user clicks the "Yes" option in a Checkbox field.

I tried Project Automation but we have the free version and not all features are available.

I thought the alternative may be a scripted custom Date & Time Field that updates when the choice is made?

I have used this code previously when an issue is created but unsure how to modify the code for a checkbox field?

 

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder

 

def issue = event.issue

 

// the name of the custom field to update

final customFieldName = 'Created Date & Time'

 

// the new value of the field

final newValue = issue.created

 

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.customFieldManager

 

def customField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(issue).findByName(customFieldName)

assert customField : "Could not find custom field with name $customFieldName"

 

customField.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField), newValue), new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())

Any help is appreciated

Thanks.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

This script shows you how to work with all sorts of custom fields.  Note that check-boxes work the same way as multi-select lists!

I think you're probably right about using a scripted field - this would stop the users entering the wrong data into it.  With a scripted field, the two tricks you need to know when coding it are 1) Remember to set the output template to the appropriate type - you're calculating a date, so I'd use a date/time template, 2) the value of the scripted field is what the script "returns", you do not have to set a value in the field, just calculate and return it.