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How to update the Summary field by appending text using automation on jira cloud

Katherine AT

I am trying to write an automation whereby the Summary field gets updated upon the change of another field. I have it working except the part of what I save back into the summary field

So for example, if Summary started out as "this is my title" I want to amend it by appending some text at the end so it is now "this is my title now"

So how do I code the update to be {SUMMARY} + " now" ?

Accepted answers

Angélica Luz

Hi Katherine,

I've tested here the Automation Lite for Jira Cloud and I was able to update the summary field to append more text.
I created the automation for when an issue is created to update the summary:

Screenshot 2018-11-09_12-28-18.png

To append more text, you must use {{issue.summary}} that will keep the current summary and then add the text you need.

I used the Automation Lite that is a free app, but it only runs 300 automation per month, but they have another version where is not limited: Automation for Jira

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Angélica

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Angélica Luz

Hi Katherine,

I've tested here the Automation Lite for Jira Cloud and I was able to update the summary field to append more text.
I created the automation for when an issue is created to update the summary:

Screenshot 2018-11-09_12-28-18.png

To append more text, you must use {{issue.summary}} that will keep the current summary and then add the text you need.

I used the Automation Lite that is a free app, but it only runs 300 automation per month, but they have another version where is not limited: Automation for Jira

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Angélica

Justin Hall_1ie96z

What about if the summary of the parent subsequently is changed. How can I make it so that them subtasks automatically recognizes the change and reupdates the Summarys of the Subtask?

Angélica Luz

Hi Justin,

I tested here but didn't find a way to update the subtasks with the summary of the parent issue. There are some options that should match, but it didn't change anything on the ticket.
As they have a free version, you can create automation to test and check if it will match with your use case.
Please, check their documentation that shows the available values to update.
- https://docs.automationforjira.com/working-with-issue-dataavailable-values.html#available-smart-values

Regards,
Angélica

Justin Hall_1ie96z

Hi Angélica,

I was able to figure this out by making the trigger to recognize when the Summary field changes its value, change the subtasks to be: {{triggerissue.summary}} | "custom text".

Works beautifully. Thanks!

Antidote Production

Hi,

I'm trying to achieve the same outcome - updating the summary with text from other fields in the ticket, as the ticket is created - or modified.

When I click on the link to "Automation Lite for Jira Cloud" it takes me to a dead link.

I can't seem to find the cloud version of this add on..? Am I missing something?

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Katherine AT

Atlassian have since bought this and integrated it into the Cloud version - if you click on your JIRA settings/Administration, there should be an 'Automation' option in there

Antidote Production

Thanks. I found it AND have managed to get it to do my bidding!

Daniel Vest

@Katherine AT I know this is an older question with an accepted answer, but putting this thought out there on how to accomplish this without an add-in. This can be easily accomplished by creating a variable which will have the existing Summary, then the next step in the automation, edit the Summary, adding the the new variable smart value and whatever else is needed. In my example, I needed to add in the value of whatever the reporter chose in a custom field. edit summary with var.png

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