Script Listener Old Field Value

Question

I want send an email when the value of a custom field changes. I have created a Script Listener to do this on Issue Updated but want to include the old value in the e-mail. How do I do this?

Currently I have:

Condition: changeItems.any {it.get('field')=='Numeric Priority'}

E-Mail Template:

Issue: $issue - ${issue.summary}

New Numeric Priority: <% out << issue.getCustomFieldValue(componentManager.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObjectByName("Numeric Priority")) %>

User: $currentUser.name

Description: ${issue.description}

I want to add Old Numeric Priority.

Thanks

Andreas K. · Answer

Hi,
I tried to use the nice code example above and incorporate it with a listener, but I cannot get it to work. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

{code:title=ExampleListener.groovy|borderStyle=solid}
package com.acme.listener

import com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.AbstractIssueEventListener
import com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.IssueEvent
import org.apache.log4j.Logger

class ExampleListener extends AbstractIssueEventListener {
    Logger log = Logger.getLogger("log4jLogger")

@Override
    void workflowEvent(IssueEvent event) {
        log.debug "Custom Issue Update Event Listener Fired"

/*Gather changed field at the Issue Updated*/
	 def field = event.getChangeLog().getRelated('ChildChangeItem').find{it.field == "Priority"};

/*Gather field old value*/
	def old_field_value = field.oldvalue; //Old String of the field

/*Gather field new value*/
	def new_field_value = field.newvalue; //New String of the field

if ((new_field_value == 1).and(old_field_value != 1)) {
		log.debug "Custom Issue Update Event Listener Fired - Changed to J0"
	}
	else {
		log.debug "Custom Issue Update Event Listener Fired - Changed to some other priority"
	}
    }
}
{code}
Thx :-)

Darly Senecal-B · Answer

James:

I have to confess that I didn't handle on notifications. But, if you want to send the old value to the notification template, you might ending up with a java class.

Good luck

James Gralton · Answer

This sounds like this is what I am looking for. How do I use the above to extract the value into the e-mail template notation? Or is there another way to extract the value using what you have given me and append it to the e-mail?