Can text be automatically inserted in a text field, in an automation or transition post action?

Phil Bustin_7fmhjs

Without using ScriptRunner or other app, I would like to be able to automatically insert text, including a couple of smart values, at the beginning of paragraph Field A, as follows:

*** Begin Additional Task to {{issue.[Custom Field].id}} {{now}} ***

[Paste PVCS modules from Show History > Version Label here.]

*** End Additional Task to {{issue.[Custom Field].id}} {{now}} ***

[blank line]

Perhaps the 3 lines above can be Field B, and I can concatenate Field B and Field A to Field C, and copy Field C to Field A?

 

Darryl Lee

Hi @Phil Bustin - you should be able to do this pretty easily with the Edit issue action:

I would advise you to use something like {{now.mediumDateTime}} or some other format so that your dates aren't formatted like this:

*** Begin Additional Task to Critical 2023-03-29T06:59:03.9+0000 ***

[Paste PVCS modules from Show History > Version Label here.]

*** End Additional Task to Upgrade 2023-03-29T06:59:03.9+0000 ***

This is the plan to rollback

(So that's actual output from my test. The original text of the Backout plan field was "This is the plan to rollback". After running the automation, you can see it prepended values from a few other custom fields, along with the poorly formatted date.)