Update the field with the new value with a behavior

Jaime Basco_5zf2pm

Hi,

I am trying to generate a summary automatically with the value of a field.
The problem is that if I change the value of that field when creating the task, it does not update the summary field with the new value.
I have created a behavior that works only when I update the creation screen or when I update the issue already created.

Behavior:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption

def currentUser = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser().getDisplayName()
def summary = getFieldById("summary")
def inf = getFieldById("customfield_15900").value
summary.setFormValue("${inf}" + ":" + " " + "${currentUser}")

How can I make the summary field to be updated with the new value that I put in the field from which I take that value?

PD Sheehan

Where did you put your behavior script?

It should be against the server-side script for the custom field that should trigger an update.

But be careful, you don't want future users that edit the issue to cause the summary to be refreshed to that user.

So either make sure your script only runs on create or if you want to allow the summary to be changed during future edits of the custom field, then you'll need to use the reporter details instead of the current user.

Option 1 - only run during creation:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

if(underlyingIssue) return //underlying issue doesn't exist during creation, and we only want to run initially during creation
def currentUser = ComponentAccessor.jiraAuthenticationContext.loggedInUser
def summary = getFieldById("summary")
def inf = getFieldById("customfield_15900").value
summary.setFormValue("$inf: $currentUser.displayName")

Option 2 - user currentUser during creation and reporter after:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

//first assume the reporter is the current user (for issue creation)
def reporter = ComponentAccessor.jiraAuthenticationContext.loggedInUser
if(underlyingIssue) {
//if an issue exists, the reporter is whoever was set as the reporter field on the issue
    reporter = underlyingIssue.reporter
}
def summary = getFieldById("summary")
def inf = getFieldById("customfield_15900").value
summary.setFormValue("$inf: $reporter.displayName")