Link story to Epic

Question

Hi,

I want to add a link to an epic when I create a story. I'm trying to do that with groovy using script runner, but any other solution is good as well.

The Epic is known ( already exists).

The Story is newly created and I tried adding a post script function in create that will create the link to the epic.

Can someone help with this ?

I'm using Jira 7.2.8 and Script runner 5.3.7

Thanks,

Alon

Alon Erez · Answer

Thanks for your answer.

Yes I meant that the link should be added automatically, not manually, took that for granted and forgot to mention it ... 
Adding it manually works fine.

I tried your suggestion, but it doesn't work for me. Does it wok for you ?

I also tried using this:

CustomField epicLinkField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(issue).find{it.name == 'Epic Link'}

epicLinkField.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(epicLinkField), epic),new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())

Which I read was the right way to update the epic link field but this doesn't work.

Thanks,

Alon

Mirek · Answer

So you want this done dynamically? That is why trying to use Script Runner? Normally you do this from a Backlog or simply create screen...

but when using Script Runner you should use something like this

CustomField epicLink = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName('Epic Link');
issue.setCustomFieldValue(epicLink,source_issue)