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Accessing reporter value in Velocity template

timshnaider

Hi, I can't figure out how to access the reporter in a VM file.

During a create issue, I want to populate a specific custom field with the reporter, and don't know what to use in the VM file.

I can confirm that the 'Test text' is displayed, but I get empty strings for the following two lines.

#customControlHeader ($action $customField.id $customField.name $fieldLayoutItem.required $displayParameters $auiparams)
#if ($customField.id == "customfield_10200" )
#set ($value = $textutils.htmlEncode($!reporter))
Test text
$!reporter.getClass().getName()<br/>
$!issue.reporterUser.getName()
#end
#userPicker ($action $customField.id $value false $null "" $canPerformAjaxSearch $ajaxLimit)
#customControlFooter ($action $customField.id $fieldLayoutItem.fieldDescription $displayParameters $auiparams)

Thanks for your help, it's been driving me up the wall for hours.

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timshnaider

Also tried following and all return empty, even though getReporterUser is supposed to be supported for 4.3+

$!issue.getReporterUser().getClass().getName()
$!issue.getReporterUser().getName()

Having to restart JIRA each time to test is getting rather tiresome...

JamieA

getReporterUser returns a different type of user, although getName should work fine.

You don't need to restart, run with -Djira.dev.mode=true.

timshnaider

I've also tried:

$!issue.getReporter().getName(), also returns empty string

$!issue.getClass().getName() returned ....IssueImpl

JamieA

issue.getReporter().getName() is correct, or issue.reporter.name. If that doesn't work make the reporter is populated. Also check your log for velocity errors.

timshnaider

Thanks, disabled the Velocity cache and enabled auto loading.

But have now decided that during a Create Issue all those values are null for a reason i.e. the issue hasn't been created yet, issue = null.

So now I'm looking to get the current user, and don't see anything obvious in the variables available in the context.

timshnaider

With the help of this snippet posted somewhere else, I've now sorted this out. Thanks for your help Jamie.

#foreach($p in $ctx.keySet().toArray())
$p.toString() - $ctx.get($p).getClass().getName().toString()<br/>

#end
$authcontext.getLoggedInUser().getName()

JamieA

Ah, sorry, missed the "create transition" bit of the question.

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