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Can I add variables to the Summary field for current month/year by utilizing Jira automation?

Jonathan Smith

I am looking to replace "The Scheduler" with Jira Automation, however the business utilizes variables in their Summary field to generate the current month and year beside the summary's text.

Example: Publish Accrual Report monthly metrics - ${createdDate.month} ${createdDate.year}

Can variables be scripted in Jira Automation in the summary field?

Cheers!

Jonathan

Accepted answers

Darryl Lee

Hi @Jonathan Smith -

This is definitely possible.

Publish Accrual Report monthly metrics - {{now.format("MMMM yyyy")}}

(Edited after realizing that 1) I missed a closing parenthesis, and that 2) Jonathan actually wanted the current date, not the issue creation date.)

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Darryl Lee

Hi @Jonathan Smith -

This is definitely possible.

Publish Accrual Report monthly metrics - {{now.format("MMMM yyyy")}}

(Edited after realizing that 1) I missed a closing parenthesis, and that 2) Jonathan actually wanted the current date, not the issue creation date.)

Darryl Lee

That should return:

Publish Accrual Report monthly metrics - November 2022

If you want to abbreviate the month, you can go with "MMM yyyy"

A good reference is here:

Jira smart values - date and time

Jonathan Smith

@Darryl Lee

Thank you for the quick feedback. I've tried inserting that code into the summary field but am getting the following error:

Create Issue

Error rendering smart-values when executing this rule:
Failed to get value for issue.created.format("MMMM yyyy": Publish Accrual Report monthly metrics - {{issue.created.format("MMMM yyyy"}}

Suggestions?

Darryl Lee

Ah, I missed a closing parentheses! Sorry!

{{issue.created.format("MMMM yyyy")}}