error on setHidden

Ronen Erlich

I am using Script Runner (Jira version 7.3), trying to hide a custom field text box (one line) unless "other" is being selected from another custom field drop down. 

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor;
import com.atlassian.jira.user.util.UserUtil;

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()

// Get pointers to the custom field(s) required
def cf = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Cost Center")
def cf1 = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Cost Center (Other)")

// Get the Value of Select List A
def cfVal = getCustomFieldValue(cf).toString()

// Hide Select List B by default
cf1.setHidden(true)

// If option B is selected in Select List A show Select List B and make it required
if(cfVal == "Other (Fill in next Line)"){
cf1.setHidden(false) // Show Select List B
cf1.setRequired(true) // Make Select List B Required
}

but I am getting an error on all lines where I set.Hidden and set.Required:

Cannot find matching method com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomFields#setHidden (boolean)

I investigated and compared to other scripts online but could not find why I'm getting this error...

Any help is much appreciated!

Roland Holban (Adaptavist)

The getCustomFieldObjectByName function returns a custom field object. For your purposes, you need a form field which can be accessed with getFieldByName.

Here is code that should work.

// Get pointers to the custom field(s) required
def cf = getFieldByName("Cost Center")
def cf1 = getFieldByName("Cost Center (Other)")

// Hide Select List B by default
cf1.setHidden(true)

// If option B is selected in Select List A show Select List B and make it required
if (cf.value == "Other (Fill in next Line)") {
    cf1.setHidden(false) // Show Select List B
    cf1.setRequired(true) // Make Select List B Required
}