How to link form data to a custom field

Question

I created a form using Jira Forms. In that form there is a filed that wasn't linked to any existing Jira fields, because the people using it didn't need to report on information in that field. Now they want to report on the information. So I created a custom field and linked it to the field in the form.

The problem is that only newly filled tickets using the form have this data. How could I go about applying this to older filled tickets?

Peter Gruden · Answer

Thank you for the suggestion I'll give a look and try to test it out.

John Funk · Answer

You might take a look at this post and see if it can help you. I am able to use code that is references in my automation to pull in form data.

* Date Fields: {{issue.properties."proforma.forms.i1".state.answers.AAA.date}}

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Service-Management/How-to-access-the-form-data-in-Jira-Automations/qaq-p/2050277

Peter Gruden · Answer

Hi John,

It's a date picker field.