Scripted field error

Question

I have created a numeric scripted field to obtain the difference in minutes from the update field and today date.

the code that I used is the following:

import org.joda.time.DateTime
import groovy.time.*

Date updatedate
Date todaydate
updatedate = new DateTime(issue.updated).toDate()
todaydate = new DateTime().toDate();

def milsec = todaydate.getTime() - updatedate.getTime() as double
milsec = milsec / 60000 
return milsec.round()

the searcher is numeric. and the template is custom.

$numberTool.format('integer',$value)

in the preview mode  I'm getting the correct value, but qhen I check it in the issue navigator I'm viewing random and incorrect values when I refresh the browser.

ANyone have an experiencie doing this type of customization?
thanks in advance.

Sergio Palacio · Answer

Hi the idea is sent notifications after two days of inactivity in the issues.  So I want to to count the inactivity days ignoring the weekends.

in the code example I trying to do it counting minutes to test the notifications.

then using escalation service I move the issue to an autotransition when a JQL query is true. Using a postfunction to send the notifications

thanks.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

If you tried to reindex in your script, you'd throw the system into a recursive loop - it would try to reindex itself during a reindex during a reindex during a reindex...

I'm afraid your field idea is not going to work.  As Stephen says, the value of a scripted field is calculated and stored.  Your field is effectively a live clock - to get the right answer from it, you're going to need to calculate the value every second, for every issue.  That's simply never going to work.

The only sane way to do this would be to implement something in javascript, so the client browser does the calculation when necessary.  But it wouldn't be a real field, it would not be searchable.

What are you trying to achieve by calculating this?

Sergio Palacio · Answer

So. What type of listener I need to use. To calculate the difference between update date and today?

thanks