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Post script to update assignee if customfield empty or unassigned

David Mallon

Hi, we have a workflow transition which includes a post function to use "copy from one field to another" and takes the value from a custom field "tester" and populates the field "assingnee"

However when the field "tester" is empty the Jira issue becomes "unassigned". I would like to be able to have the Jira issue, during the same transition, copy the value from the "test manager" field to the "assignee" field but only if the "tester" field is empty. which I guess is the same as if the issue is unassigned. I have tried it with groovy but cant get it to work.

Thanks in advance

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Bhushan Nagaraj4

Hi David,

Could you please share your current script?

David Mallon

Workflow post function

The field Assignee will take the value from Tester. Source and destination issue are the same.

Update parameters of the Script Post-Function Function for this transition.


Update parameters of the Script Post-Function Function for this transition.
	Selected Script: Fast-track transition an issue : If the condition is met, automatically transition this issue to another status

Script Info	If the condition is met, automatically transition this issue to another status Loaded from: bundle://133.0:1/com/onresolve/jira/groovy/canned/workflow/postfunctions/FasttrackTransition.groovy (View Source)
Condition	1 issue.assignee == originalIssue.assignee Enter the condition for which this function will fire. Blank will evaluate to "true". You can click one of the examples below, or see the wiki page for further examples. Priority is Major Issue type is Defect Reporter is current user Has greater than two subtasks Has custom field value equal to Has at least one outward duplicate link Has one or more attachments Current user is member of Administrators role Reporter is in a particular group Has at least one PDF attachment Assignee changed (Workflow functions only) Priority changed to Major (Listeners only) Priority changed to Major (Workflow functions only)
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Additional code	1 issueInputParameters.setAssigneeId('dnm1') Additional script to run before the issue is stored. Use this to modify fields or add a comment etc. Set comment (4.1 and above) Set assignee (4.1 and above) Set comment (4.0 and below) Set assignee (4.0 and below)

unknown

Hi David,

You can write your own custom groovy script that does all these steps for you. It will probably be something like (can contain some syntax errors):

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue; 
 
 
CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getCustomFieldManager();
CustomField testerField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName( "tester" );
CustomField testManagerField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName( "testManager" );
 
Object testerValue = issue.getCustomFieldValue(testerField);
Object testManagerValue = issue.getCustomFieldValue(testManagerField);

if(testerValue != null) {
	issue.assignee = testerValue;
} else if(testManagerValue != null) {
	issue.assignee = testManagerValue; 
} else {
	issue.assignee = null;
}

You can use the script by adding a Script Post-Function to your transition that runs the custom script (uploaded to the server).

Hope this helps?!

unknown

It is best to use User Picker custom field for your tester and testManager custom fields. This fields make it easier for the user to select a person (compared to a classic text field) and the value returned is usually already an object (f.e User) instead of a normal String. This can keep your scripts much shorter.

webspin

Hi Benji  thans so mch, I get this error, what should I do, thanks

javax.script.ScriptException: javax.script.ScriptException: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: static com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue.getCustomFieldValue() is applicable for argument types: (null) values: [null]
	at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.eval(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:117)

webspin

Hi Benji  thans so mch, I get this error, what should I do, thanks

javax.script.ScriptException: javax.script.ScriptException: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: static com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue.getCustomFieldValue() is applicable for argument types: (null) values: [null]
	at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.eval(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:117)

Benji Mommen [ACA IT]

Hi webspin, Try using issue instead if Issue (lower case)

Benji Mommen [ACA IT]

Hi webspin,

Is it possible that the variables testerField and testManagerField are null, because those customfields were never created and/or added to the issue screens?

Also make sure that you are using issue (lowercase, which is a variable) and not Issue (which is a class).

unknown

Hi webspin,

Is it possible that the variables testerField and testManagerField are null, because those customfields were never created and/or added to the issue screens?

Also make sure that you are using issue (lowercase, which is a variable) and not Issue (which is a class).

webspin

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager;

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager;

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager;

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField;

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager;

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue;

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue;

CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getCustomFieldManager();

CustomField testerField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("tester";

CustomField TestManagerField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("TestManager";

Object testerValue = Issue.getCustomFieldValue(testerField);

Object testManagerValue = Issue.getCustomFieldValue(TestManagerField)

{if (testerValue != null) {

	Issue.assignee = testerValue;

} else if(testManagerValue != null) {

	Issue.assignee = testManagerValue;

} else {

	Issue.assignee = DNM1;

Stack Trace:

javax.script.ScriptException: org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
Script210.groovy: 24: expecting ')', found '' @ line 24, column 2.
   }
    ^

1 error

Hi, can anyone please let me know what is wrong with this

Thanks

David m

unknown

Hi David,

Is DNM1 the name of a user in the form of a String?

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