How do i copy a certain string from the Description of an issue into a new component with automation

Question

Hi,

Let's say i create an issue and the description contains the text/string 'Subject: test'.

I'd like to copy the text 'test' into a new component of the current project. How do i achieve this using a Jira Automation rule?

Thank you in advance.

With kind regards, Will

William van Dalen · Answer

Hi @Bill Sheboy ,

At first i thought the second one was the intention, but after asking my colleague further, the first explanation was the purpose. So it's okay. I will follow the link Vishal suggested.

Thank you for your reply.

Regards, Will

William van Dalen · Answer

Hi @Vishal ,

Your reply with the link you sent me is very helpful to me.

I will study this  and i will give it a try. I'll let you know about the progress.

Thank you.

Regards, Will

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @William van Dalen

In addition to Vishal's suggestions...

What do you mean by "a new component of the current project":

* set the value of the Component field for the issue, where the specific Component value already exists
* add a new Component value to the project, and then assign it to the issue

If you mean the second one, there is no built-in way for automation rules to add a new Component to a project.  Instead the automation rule would need to call a REST API functions with the Send Web Request action to do so, first checking if the value exists, or not.

To do that, here is a how-to article for calling a REST API function from a rule, and the specific functions I believe you would need:

* https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Automation-for-Jira-Send-web-request-using-Jira-REST-API/ba-p/1443828
* https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-project-components/#api-rest-api-3-component-get
* https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-project-components/#api-rest-api-3-component-post

Kind regards,
Bill