Smart values function "contains" missing/not working

Question

In my automation I'm calling the Atlassian API and want to populate a variable based on the following condition:

{{if(or(webResponse.body.id.contains("customfield_1"),webResponse.body.id.contains("customfield_2")),"fieldsPresent","fieldsNotPresent")}}

The condition always evaluates to false and hence prints "fieldNotPresent".However, when using an IF block and using a smart value condition {{webResponse.body.id}}CONTAINScustomfield_1this works perfectly fine.I'm under the impression it worked in the past. Surprisingly "contains" is not documented (anymore), neither for lists nor for text fields.

Nick · Answer

.contains() function seems to exist and work (at least for strings), but yeah, seems to have disappeared from docs?

This works for me right now in an automation rule:

1. Set variable varTest to: Hello, World!

2. Log action: {{if(varTest.contains("World!"),"Yes","No")}}

Logs: Yes

3. Log action: {{if(varTest.contains("Word"),"Yes","No")}}

Logs: No

4. Log action: {{if(varTest.contains("Hello,"),"Yes","No")}}

Logs: Yes

Jared Schmitt · Answer

Thanks all, I went with a nested IF clause to filter for the events I'm interested in. It's quite astounding that smart values don#t support contains keyword, but oh well.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Jared Schmitt

For a question like this, context is important for the community to help.  Please post the following:

* an image of your complete automation rule in a single image for continuity
* images of any relevant actions / conditions / branches
* an image of the audit log details showing the rule execution

Until we see those...

Would you please confirm, are you testing for a match to the value of custom fields in the web response body, or to the literal text "customfield_1"?

And, there is no contains() function in smart values, and thus other methods must be used.

Kind regards,
Bill