ScriptRunner to transition linked issue

Andrew Culver

I'm trying to write a scriptrunner post function script to transition a linked issue in another project. I've used pieces from the Auto Close Subtasks and All Depending Issues Resolved examples to come up with my code.

When the post function runs, the user sees an error "Property 'destIssue' not found" in the transition screen and can't proceed. Had a look at the API docs and I seem to be doing everything correctly.

This is my first groovy script, so I'm sure I've done something wrong, but don't know where.

I was also wondering about the ScriptRunner's example code use of directly accessing values such as "issue.id" and "it.statusObject.name" instead of using accessor methods to get these values. Is this proper or just old styling?

Running JIRA 6.3.13.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.link.IssueLink
def issueService = ComponentAccessor.getIssueService()
def linkType = ["escalated from"]
def user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getUser()
def linkMgr = ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager()
for (IssueLink link in linkMgr.getOutwardLinks(issue.id)) {
    if (linkType.contains(link.issueLinkType.name)) {
        def destIssue = link.getDestinationObject()
        def destStatusObject = destIssue.getStatusObject()
        if (destStatusObject.name == "Installing") {
            def issueInputParameters = issueService.newIssueInputParameters()
            issueInputParameters.with {
                setComment("Camera has been installed. Signs are needed before camera can be activated.")
                setSkipScreenCheck(true)
            }
            def validationResult = issueService.validateTransition(user, destIssue.id, 41, issueInputParameters)
            if (validationResult.isValid()) {
                def issueResult = issueService.transition(user, validationResult)
                if (! issueResult.isValid()) {
                    log.warn("Failed to transition task ${destIssue.key}, errors: ${issueResult.errorCollection}")
                }
            } else {
                log.warn("Could not transition task ${destIssue.key}, errors: ${validationResult.errorCollection}")
            }
        }
    }
}

JamieA

> ScriptRunner's example code use of directly accessing values such as "issue.id" and "it.statusObject.name" instead of using accessor methods to get these values

It's proper, it's the groovy way... I did a quick google and found this which sums it up quite nicely:

http://www.javaworld.com/article/2073053/groovy-hip-tip--to-use-or-not-to-use-setters-and-getters.html

The problem you are having is an old-ish issue with inline scripts, and the fact that the JIRA tries to expand strings like $destIssue before it passes the parameters to the workflow functions.

You could upgrade and fix it, except we don't support 6.3 anymore. So the easiest option is to move the inline script to a file, and that should fix it. Other than that your script looks ok...