I'd like to capture the project key when an issue is created in a custom field called "Original Project Key"

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I'd like to capture the project key when an issue is created in a custom field called "Original Project Key".  Having this is useful for us if/when the issue is moved to another  project.  Is there a way to do it with a post function script?   And, recording they key rather than the project name is preferable for brevity sake.

Christian Czaia [Decadis AG] · Answer

Jamie's script runner is what I would go for so I guess you hit the spot. I guess you have to do dome scripting since you're looking for a substring. Other than that you could have a look at this plugin :

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.fca.jira.plugins.workflowToolbox.workflow-toolbox

Cheers

Christian Czaia [Decadis AG] · Answer

I've done it that way. Works like a charm...

Ted Nienstedt · Answer

Well, I'm currently looking at https://jamieechlin.atlassian.net/wiki/display/GRV/Post+Functions#PostFunctions-Copyonefieldtoanotherusingregexp as an example, becuase what I want is the project key (before the dash of the issue key,) but haven't got that approach working yet.  I'm I over complicating it?

thanks