Auto-Description overwriting on field change

Alan Lavery

Hi,

We're currently using Behaviours to create template descriptions for various projects. Whenever we are creating an issue, edit the description field and then change another field the description resets to the template.

The issue also occurs if the form is submitted but the user has left out a required field. When the form reloads the changed text is still there but then resets to the template almost instantly.

We have included the suggested underlyingIssue? code from the documentation in the Initializer Script:

def desc = getFieldById("description")

def defaultValue = """Description
 Template""".replaceAll(/ /, '')

if (! underlyingIssue?.description) { 
 desc.setFormValue(defaultValue)
}

Has anyone had this issue before and figured out a fix or could point me in the correct direction?

Thanks

Daniel Yelamos [Adaptavist]

Hello Alan.

As I understand you have two parts to your issue:

Part A: the form calls the initializer on the field in the behaviour when you change another field:

Part B: When the form is wrongly entered, such as when there is a required field missing, it calls the initializer again.

For Part A:

(the first import statement is to make sure that the DESCRIPTOR field works)

 

import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.*

def desc = getFieldById(DESCRIPTION)

def defaultValue = """Description
Template""".replaceAll(/ /, '')

if (!desc.getValue()) {
    desc.setFormValue(defaultValue)
}

This should do the trick. “underlyingIssue” calls the value of the issue object, which you have not created yet, because the form is not summited. So that is why it always sets it up to null.

The desc.getValue accesses the data in the form, rather than in the object. I tested it and it works on my environment, give it a try and tell us how it goes.

For part B if the behaviour is an initializer, it does behave as you say. However, if rather than setting up an initializer, you set up a field behaviour, then it should work as you expect, and even if you switch from different types of issues, you data should remain.

I hope this helps and if you need anything else don’t hesitate to ask.