Email This Issue - Getting substring from displayname

Elston, Jonathan

 

 

Inside the HTML Template of Emai This Issue, how can a substring within $!issue.assignee.displayName be obtained and then displayed?"  

(Example:  $!issue.assignee.displayName  = "Sample, Joe")

How could I obtain the substring "Joe"?

How could I obtain the substring "Sample"?

How could I display the 2 substrings as "Joe Sample"?

I know there are substring function in jql but I don't know if those things are available in Email This Issue.

Tessa Tuteleers

Hey @Elston, Jonathan , 

Welcome to the community! 

VTL can use a lot of string functions, including the one you need. 
The trick is to always to calculations within a new variable, otherwise it won't work. 

I wrote it out in different steps for you: 

#set ($myString = "$!issue.assignee.displayName") 

#set ($myArray = $myString.split(" "))<br>#set($length=$myArray.size())<br>#set($last = $length - 1)<br><br>$myArray[$last]

You need to follow these steps: 

• get your string (in your case assignee)
• break the string up into an array using a delimiter (I used a space here, but you can use whatever you need
• calculate which part you need ->  always do this in a variable
  • the first part is 0
  • the last part is whatever the length of the list of parts -1 (what I printed)
• print the part you need

 

Hope this helps! 

- Tessa