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How can I automate creating a new version after a version is released?

Maroline Johnson

Hi all,

I'm trying to create an automation that will create a new version after a version is released. The catch I'm struggling with is defining the name of the version.

Say I have a version named 1.0-ER-23.01. I release this, and I want my next version to be named 1.0-ER-23.02.

How can I automate this naming convention where only the last character is changed? I'd like for it to add 1 to the previous version's character in that last position, sort of like an array.

Thank you!

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @Maroline Johnson

You can do that using an automation rule, triggered on version released, and create the new one by parsing the released version's name with text and math functions:

Do you want to always increment version 23, such as 23.01, 23.02...23.09, 23.10, or something else? The better you define your scenario the easier it will be to test the rule. I recommend breaking this up into pieces and writing to the audit log until you get it working.

Perhaps something like this:

{{version.name.substringBeforeLast(".")}}.{{version.name.substringAfterLast(".").asNumber.plus(1).leftpad(2,"0")}}

Kind regards,
Bill

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @Maroline Johnson

You can do that using an automation rule, triggered on version released, and create the new one by parsing the released version's name with text and math functions:

Perhaps something like this:

{{version.name.substringBeforeLast(".")}}.{{version.name.substringAfterLast(".").asNumber.plus(1).leftpad(2,"0")}}

Kind regards,
Bill

Stefan Salzl

Amazing @Bill Sheboy 🙌🏼

Even if I‘m not the one who asked the question:
Thanks for your great answers and letting me/us learn so much from you 🙏🏼

Best
Stefan

Bill Sheboy

Thanks, Stefan.

Maroline Johnson

Hi @Bill Sheboy

Thank you so much for your input!

I want to increment version 23 up to 23.12 and then begin incrementing 24 from 24.01 up to .12. If we ever got to 29.12 then the next release should be named 30.01.

I've tried the smart values you suggested and ended up with something close... I put in {{version.name.substringBeforeLast(".")}}.{{version.name.substringAfterLast(".").asNumber.plus(1).leftpad(2,"0")}}, released a version called "9.1-ER-21.11" and got "9.1-ER-21." in the audit log.

Do you have any further suggestions?

Thanks again!

Anastasiia Tsvetkova

Hi, bright minds.

Could you please help me to figure out what I can't see in my rule? At some point, it stopped to check on this > 12 for a minor version rule. And can't understand why...

It might be something pretty obvious.

p.s It does work fine for creating versions from Release.08.01-12. But after 12 it stops creating any further....

So, I took Bill's example and modified like this ->

trigger: version released and matches your version filter. I didn't fill anything here in particular.
- Examples of what Version name looks like: Release/08.12
action: add to audit log the version released is {{version.name}}
action: create variable
- name: varVersionPrefix
- value: {{version.name.substringBefore("/")}}/
action: create variable
- name: varMajorVersion
- value: {{version.name.substringAfter("/").substringBefore(".")}}
action: create variable
- name: varMinorVersion
- value: {{version.name.substringAfter(".")}}
if/else condition
- advanced compare condition
  - first value: {{#=}}{{varMinorVersion.asNumber}}+1{{/}}
  - condition: greater than
  - second value 12
- action: create variable
  - name: varMajorVersion
  - value: {{version.name.substringAfter("/").substringBefore(".").asNumber.plus(1).format("00")}}
- action: create variable
  - name: varMinorVersion
  - value: 01
else
- action: create variable
  - name: varMinorVersion
  - value: {{version.name.substringAfter(".").asNumber.plus(1).format("00")}}
action: create version
- {{varVersionPrefix}}{{varMajorVersion}}.{{varMinorVersion}}

Appreciate any comment. Thank you

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