How to Avoid Updating Field Based on Condition?

Question

Hello there,

There is a piece in my automation that is not working. I have highlighted it, all else works as expected. Basically I would like to exclude story's with the component = XYZ and a status = Done from having the following fields updated: Fix Version, Target Release, and Summary each time the epic is updated. Can someone let me know what I am doing wrong?

Rita Arellano · Answer

Thanks @Walter Buggenhout and @Bill Sheboy I've tried several ways and only the below seem to work for my case:

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Rita Arellano

Yes, and...to Walter's suggestions:

Please look carefully at the condition you have highlighted as it is checking for Stories assuming the current issue is an Epic, but that is not the case once inside of the branch.

Kind regards,
Bill

Walter Buggenhout · Answer

Hi @Rita Arellano,

Have you tried updating your initial query to exclude the items you don't want to update? Something like:

For JQL:

"Epic Link" = {{triggerIssue.key}} AND issuetype = Story AND (fixVersion is
not empty OR "Target Release" is not empty) AND component != XYZ AND
status != Done

Hope this helps!