Issue Clone Does Not Create Cloned Issue

Question

I'm testing the built-in script workflow function in Script Runner that Clones an issue and links.

I set up basic parameters (e.g. Target Project, Target Issue Type, Issue Link Type/Direction).

The script is configured in a Post Function for one of the transitions in Project A's workflow. It supposed to create a clone of this issue in Project B. Whenever I run that transition, the cloned issue is not generated in Project B.

I'm trying to figure out how to troubleshoot this and how to determine why it's not working. Does the user who is performing the transition in Project A have to have permissions to create issues in Project B?

I also set up a script through Add-Ons > Script Listeners > Clones an issue and links, , which gives me the option to select a project key and an event that will trigger the script (along with the other parameters of the clone). But the issue doesn't get cloned here either.

What am I missing?

Julio Ochoa1 · Answer

Simon, I performed additional testing yesterday and determined that the reason why the cloned issue was not being created was because the user initiating the transition in the source issue project didn't have create issue permissions in the target project. So far I worked around this by changing the create issue permissions in the target calendar. This is not ideal though.
Will the suggestion that you mentioned here preclude the need to change permissions in the target project?

Simon Kegel //SEIBERT/MEDIA · Answer

@Julio Ochoa  you can attach an event in your workflow by editing the standard post function 5.
(Fire a Generic Event event that can be processed by the listeners.)
Edit this one and change it to your own event . :)
Added a screenshot above.

Julio Ochoa1 · Answer

I'm looking at the documentation some more, and I'm wondering if I misunderstood how the add-on works.

There are examples of scripts in the documentation. For instance, this page documents the script for cloning an issue (with dependency) https://jamieechlin.atlassian.net/wiki/display/GRV/Post+Functions+With+Comments#PostFunctionsWithComments-Cloneissuewithdependencylink

Am I supposed to have the script's code saved somewhere on the JIRA server? I was under the impression that, at least for the built-in scripts, the Add-on would keep those scripts somewhere and I was just providing it the criteria.

Thanks for any help on this...