Number of issue properties using {{issue.properties}}?

Question

Hi All,
It looks like {{issue.properties}} smart value returns a JSON object.
I would like to do some list-based operations on these properties, such as getting the number of properties or finding properties that start with a certain substring.
For this, I was thinking of converting {{issue.properties}} from JSON to a list.
Is there a way to do that?
Thank you!

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Serge Kravchenko

Just checking in...were you able to try writing the returned properties to the log to find how to parse them?

To just count them, this seems to work by converting them to text and then splitting.

* action: create variable* name: varIssueProperties
* smart value: {{issue.properties}}

* action: write to the log* the count is: {{varIssueProperties.split(", ").size|0}}

Thanks!

Bill Sheboy · Answer

It is unclear to me of that smart value always contains JSON or if it is plain text.  If it is JSON and contains a list, it should be capable of iteration and list function usage.

I recommend writing the smart value to the audit log, then experimenting by picking text within the result to use with the split() function.

Serge Kravchenko · Answer

Hi Bill, I don't think any of these methods are available for a JSON object which {{issue.properties}} seems to return. I tried them, they don't return anything.