How Does Logging with Smart Values Work?

Lana Laureano

We're setting up a rule and running into errors. We've added logging to the rule but we're surprised by the results - we're wondering:

 

How does the following log result in an output of "true, true"? We would expect to log nothing or false, but definitely not true

 

{{#if(not(lookupIssues.Create/Update Automated Tests?.value.startsWith("N")))}} {{lookupIssues.Create/Update Automated Tests?.value.startsWith("N")}} {{/}}

 

Darryl Lee

Edited to add tl;dr - here's the answer that I think Lana was looking for when she clarified:

If I want to get the sum of “StoryPoints” for all lookup issues where “Create/Update Automated Tests?” is set to “Needed for Release”

{{#=}}0{{#lookupIssues}}
{{#if(not(Create/Update Automated Tests?.value.startsWith("N")))}} + {{Story points}}{{/}}{{/}}{{/}}

Although now that I look at that, I think that would *exclude* issues "Needed For Release" since that option starts with "N". For your exact example, I think you would want:

{{#=}}0{{#lookupIssues}}
{{#if(equals(Create/Update Automated Tests?.value,"Needed for Release"))}} + {{Story points}}{{/}}{{/}}{{/}}

Everything below is the long journey it took to get there. Once again, thanks to @Bill Sheboy for the assist.

Hi @Lana Laureano --

Well, for one thing, I believe Lookup Issues returns {{lookupIssues}} as a list, so I think that what you've written checks that field for every issue that was looked up, if it is in fact working at all.

(Because I'm not sure what the expected behavior would be for the startsWith function when you are looking at a list instead of a single string.)

If you're confident that only one issue will ever be returned from your Lookup Issues action, then you might try adding .first to limit checking to a single issue's field value:

{{#if(not(lookupIssues.first.Create/Update Automated Tests?.value.startsWith("N")))}}
{{lookupIssues.first.Create/Update Automated Tests?.value.startsWith("N")}} {{/}}

 The other suggestion I'd have is to put the field name in quotation marks, like:

{{#if(not(lookupIssues.first."Create/Update Automated Tests?".value.startsWith("N")))}}
{{lookupIssues.first."Create/Update Automated Tests?".value.startsWith("N")}} {{/}}

I can't find the post, but @Bill Sheboy discovered the quoting thing a while back. Haven't done any testing recently to see if it's actually still required.