In Jira Automation, is there a way that I can assemble a field name and use that in a smart value

Cash Coyne_tanpr0

In Jira Cloud Automation, is there a way that I can assemble a field name and then use that in a smart value?

I have a manually triggered rule where the user enters a text value called Stream and a number value called TotPoints

I know I can access the Stream value using userinputs.Stream

Now, I have a number of Custom Fields of type number with the names in the format "Category-Stream" where Stream can be any one of the following: Dev, QA, Support, IT.

So I have these custom fields:

• Category-Dev
• Category-QA
• Category-Support
• Category-IT

What I want to do is create a variable in automation so that I can access the value of the Custom field that matches userinputs.Stream entered.

For example, instead of using this:

{{#=}}{{issue.Category-Dev}}+{{userinputs.TotPoints}}{{/}}

I'd like to substitute the userinputs.Stream value for the Dev, kind of like this?

{{#=}}{{issue.Category-{{userinputs.Stream}}}}+{{userinputs.TotPoints}}{{/}}

Will that work?  And if not, how can I do it?

 

 

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Cash Coyne 

Short answer: I do not believe it is possible.

Some work-arounds would be:

• using a lookup table, populated with all the fields of interest, then use the user input in the get() function to get the value(s)
• using conditional logic in a string of values, such as with {{#if(equals(userInputs.Stream,"Dev"))}}{{issue.Category-Dev}}{{/}}
• using if / else conditions to select the field(s), using them immediately or setting a variable for later use

Kind regards,
Bill