Is it possible to use a Manual Trigger with multiple inputs and dynamically generate a list for adva

Asier Vadillo

Hi everyone,

I'm currently building a Jira Automation rule where I want to manually trigger the rule and select multiple values (like checkboxes representing versions or environments). Based on the selected inputs, I want to dynamically create a list of selected values and use Advanced branching (For each) to iterate over each of them.

The idea is:

• Use a manual trigger with multiple checkbox inputs (e.g., 24Q3, 25Q2, etc.).

• Automatically extract only those which were selected (i.e., their value is true).

• Create a list/array like ["24Q3", "25Q2"].

• Use this list in a "For each" branch in the same rule.

However, it seems that:

• The manual trigger input is returned as an object (e.g., {24Q3=true, 25Q2=true, 26Q1=false}), and Smart Values don’t provide a way to loop through object keys or filter them dynamically.

• I can't find a way to transform the selected values into a usable list for the advanced branching.

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💡 What I'm looking for:

• Is there any workaround that allows dynamically collecting only the selected checkbox inputs from the manual trigger into a list format (["24Q3", "25Q2"])?

• Or, is there any recommended pattern to simulate dynamic For each execution based on manual selections?

Any ideas or examples would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance 🙏

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Asier Vadillo 

The {{userInputs}} data appears to be a JSON set of fields, and cannot be iterated over directly.  A workaround is use a created variable, and then split(), filter, and parse the results as needed.

For example:

• trigger: manual, with your user inputs
• action: create variable
  • variable name: varUserInputs
  • smart value: {{userInputs}}
• something that needs the input fields selected as checked / true

{{varUserInputs.substringBetween("{", "}").split(", ").match("^(.*=true)").substringBefore("=true").asJsonStringArray}}

How that works is:

• from the created variable, remove the curly brackets
• split() the result into a list
• use inline, list iteration with the match() function and a regular expression to find the checked ones
• and then extract the field's variable name using the substringBefore() function
• finally, use asJsonStringArray to format as you described

Please adjust as needed for your expression.

 

Kind regards,
Bill