Automation: copy nested JSON custom field value

Paul Pasler [Seibert]

Hi there,

I am having a hard time copying a nested JSON value from one issue to another.

The field value looks like this

{
  options: [
    [{"id": "0", "name": "Option 1"}],
    [{"id": "2", "name": "Option 2"}, {"id": "3", "name": "Option 3"}],
    [{"id": "4", "name": "Option 4"}
  ]
}

The number of levels (inner list) and options (id, name) can vary.

I simply want to copy the whole value, but when I do something like this

{
  "fields": { 
      "Foo bar": {{issue.fields."Foo bar"}}
   }
}

{
  "fields": { 
     "Foo bar": { options: {{issue.fields."Foo bar".options}} }
   }
}

I get this error: "Error while parsing additional fields. Not valid JSON."

 

Is it possible to correctly handle nested objects with smart values in automation?

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Paul Pasler _Seibert_ 

As you are trying to set the field with advanced edit with JSON, please try adding the function jsonEncode() to the end:

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-text-fields/#jsonEncode--

This may require some fine-tuning, so I recommend saving the entire update expression in a Created Variable and writing it to the audit log before the update.  That will help to diagnose if the result is valid JSON.

Kind regards,
Bill