Dependent select lists in JIRA

Jared Hodge

My problem is pretty simple.  I want a pull-down for states, and a pull-down for counties within the state (US states for this example) within a JIRA issue that updates when the state changes.  I can get a json blob of the county-to-state maps that looks something like this:

[

   {

      stateName: "Texas",

      stateAbbr: "Tx".

      counties: [ "Anderson", "Andrews", Angelina",...]

   }

   {

     stateName: "Oklahoma",

     stateAbbr: "Ok",

     counties: [ "Adair", "Alfalfa", "Atoka",...]

   }

...

]

 

Obviously I've got all the counties, etc. in there.  I've got a Adaptavist Script Runner plugin that pulls the list of states (some projects/issue types maybe use other countries, etc.), but how do I get the list of the counties to update when the state changes?

I'd prefer to have one call up-front when the JIRA issue creation screen loads instead of calls on the backend when people select different states.  I can easily store all the states and counties in memory if I know how/where to get them.

Yes, this is a contrived example, but it represents a real problem.  A "state/county" plugin isn't what I actually need.  Groovy code that let's me save the counties for each state in a map and have the county choices update when the state changes is what I'm after.  Thanks for any help you can provide.

Tarun Sapra

Hello @Jared Hodge

Could you please elaborate a bit more on your requirement and especially the need to write code, because this is something supported out of the box by JIRA by means of "cascading select" custom field. In the custom field admin section you should be able to add a new custom field of type Cascading type which has first list as States and second list as counties and counties drop-down is updated as per the section of the State in the first drop-down.