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Get an especific summary field from issuelookup

Angel_wk2d0j

Hi,

We´ve Jira Cloud, in automation rule we need get exact string match of summary from lookup with JQL I tried "\"textfunny data\"" to extract a only issue with this summary but didntwork and the result of lookup get a list with diferents issues ["textfunny data", textfunny data 2", "textfunny data 3"] but I neen only "textfunny data"

Is possible that I validate the summary in a loop with regex validation, but how I would build it?

Regards

Thanks

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Darryl Lee

Hi @Angel

So it seems like you're accessing the {{lookupIssues.summary}} smart value, but I need to ask, what do you want to do when you find the "right" summary?

If you're trying to validate that a particular issue has that exact summary and then do something to that issue, then instead of a Lookup, you probably want to use an Advanced Branching on your JQL query, which will then let you do a exact regular expression match against the summary, and if successful, then do what you want to do, like so:

Screenshot 2025-05-07 at 12.09.25 AM.png

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Darryl Lee

Hi @Angel

So it seems like you're accessing the {{lookupIssues.summary}} smart value, but I need to ask, what do you want to do when you find the "right" summary?

Screenshot 2025-05-07 at 12.09.25 AM.png

Sachin Singh [appserveAI a division of Empyra]

Hi @Angel

Yes, it's possible to filter for an exact match of the issue summary in a loop using regex inside an automation rule. You're right that the JQL doesn't support exact phrase matching out-of-the-box for the summary field with full accuracy, but a good workaround is to use a smart value condition inside a For Each loop after a Lookup Issues action.

In your case, after performing the lookup, you can loop through the issues and use a condition like this:
{{issue.summary.match("^textfunny data$")}}

This regex ensures the summary exactly matches "textfunny data" — beginning (^) to end ($) — and ignores partial matches like "textfunny data 2".

Also, this article explains the limitations of exact phrase search in JQL and outlines alternatives like automation rules:

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/Search-for-an-exact-phrase-with-JQL/ba-p/2131545

Hope this helps...

Angel_wk2d0j

Hi @Sachin Singh [appserveAI a division of Empyra]

Is possible generate a loop without branch? I need kept access to the main issue because I need edit it. My user case is that when a issue is created in proyect edit the principal (parent) field with other issue in other proyect so for this reason I lookup the exactly summary

Regards

Angel_wk2d0j

Hi @Darryl Lee

Yes the branch allow me made the validation, but I need edit the main issue is possible get the value from main issue inside the branch?

Regards

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