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View/edit full string expression used for tag

Emma Rector

I added a string processing method to create a tag but as soon as I click off of it, I can't tell what the expression is anymore. This is especially annoying when revisiting existing policies. Example:

Is that substringBefore or substringBetween? Before or between what? Did I use removeAllWhitespace() after that? Who knows‽

I tried double-clicking into it, thinking it might expand the expression, but it just highlights a word ("description" or "substringB").

This appears to be unique to tags, because other fields that have a simple text value will continue to show it:

Is there any way to recover the tag expression?

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Emma Rector

Do a right click > Inspect to pull up the HTML source.

Removing disabled="disabled" allows you to drag the mouse over to highlight the full thing, where you can then copy/paste into some text editor
Removing readonly="readOnly" allows you to click into the box and edit the value. It looks disabled still but now you can edit it.
Editing style="min-width..." to have max-width: 1000px finally reveals the whole expression directly.

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Aditya Bodke

Hi Emma!
Thank you for reaching out to the Atlassian Community.

I completely understand how frustrating it can be to work with complex string processing expressions in Opsgenie tags, especially when the UI collapses as soon as you click away.
Double-clicking or trying to expand the field doesn’t help, and it’s easy to lose track of the exact logic you’ve implemented.

Here's a quick workaround using browser dev tools to identify the hidden expression.

Right-click on the screen and select "Inspect"

Using the Inspect Element tool, select the tag, and you'll see the entire expression.

I know this isn't the exact solution you were looking for, but I hope the workaround helps.

Regards,
Aditya

Emma Rector

That does work for tags added from the integration, but the alert policy tag section seems to have more complex logic that doesn't directly reveal the value:

If I remove the disabled="disabled" part then I can at least drag my mouse over to highlight it and this finally reveals the full expression. It still doesn't show it all at once, and I'm still not sure if I can edit it from here, but it does work for retrieving the original.

Emma Rector

Do a right click > Inspect to pull up the HTML source.

Removing disabled="disabled" allows you to drag the mouse over to highlight the full thing, where you can then copy/paste into some text editor
Removing readonly="readOnly" allows you to click into the box and edit the value. It looks disabled still but now you can edit it.
Editing style="min-width..." to have max-width: 1000px finally reveals the whole expression directly.

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