How to default the value of a custom field on a sub-task from the parent using ScriptRunner

[Valerie Rouda]

I'm using ScriptRunner to default fields from the parent when a sub-task is created.  I have a custom field that is a dropdown and I'm having trouble getting this field on the sub-task to default to the value from the parent.  I'm used the sample code from Script Runner, making just a few modifications for the fields I'm interested in:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor 
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.option.Option 
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField 
import com.atlassian.jira.web.util.OutlookDate 
import com.atlassian.jira.web.util.OutlookDateManager 
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours 
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField 
import groovy.transform.BaseScript 
import java.sql.Timestamp 
import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.* 

@BaseScript FieldBehaviours fieldBehaviours 

FormField field = getFieldById(getFieldChanged()) 
FormField parent = getFieldById("parentIssueId") 
Long parentIssueId = parent.getFormValue() as Long 


if (!parentIssueId || field.getFormValue()) { 
// this is not a subtask, or the field already has data return 
} 

def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager() 
def parentIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject(parentIssueId) 
def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager() 

// REMOVE OR MODIFY THE SETTING OF THESE FIELDS AS NECESSARY 
OutlookDate outlookDate = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(OutlookDateManager).getOutlookDate(Locale.getDefault()) 

getFieldById(ASSIGNEE).setFormValue(parentIssue.assigneeId) 

// IF YOU DON'T WANT CUSTOM FIELDS COPIED REMOVE EVERYTHING BELOW HERE 
// IF YOU ONLY WANT SOME FIELDS INHERITED ADD THEM TO THE LIST BELOW, OR LEAVE EMPTY FOR ALL 
// eg ['Name of first custom field', 'Name of second custom field'] 

List copyCustomFields = ['customfield_100'] 
List<CustomField> parentFields = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(parentIssue) 

for (def cf in parentFields) { 
if (copyCustomFields && !copyCustomFields.contains(cf.name)) { 
return } 

def parentValue = cf.getValue(parentIssue) as List<Option> 
if (!parentValue) { 
return } 

getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(parentValue) 
log.debug("parentValue: ${parentValue?.class} for type ${cf.name}") 

if (parentValue instanceof Timestamp) { 
getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(outlookDate.formatDMY(parentValue)) 
} else if (parentValue instanceof Option) { 
getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(parentValue.optionId) 
} else if (parentValue instanceof List && parentValue[0] instanceof Option) {
getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(parentValue*.optionId)
 } else { getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(parentValue) 
} 
}

[Alejandro Suárez García · Accepted solution]

Hi @Cedric Delavy 

Here you have an example:

import com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.IssueService
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser
import com.atlassian.jira.workflow.TransitionOptions

Issue issue
Integer actionId = 61 // The transition ID

IssueService issueService = ComponentAccessor.getIssueService()
ApplicationUser currentUser = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()
TransitionOptions transitionOptions = new TransitionOptions.Builder()
        .skipConditions()
        .skipPermissions()
        .skipValidators()
        .build()

IssueService.TransitionValidationResult result = issueService.validateTransition(currentUser,
        issue.getId(),
        actionId,
        issueService.newIssueInputParameters(),
        transitionOptions)

if (result.isValid()) {
    issueService.transition(currentUser, result)
} else {
    log.warn result.getErrorCollection().getErrors()
}

[Cedric Delavy]

Thank you very much, this works perfectly

Regards

Cedric

[ADC UK]

Hi Alejandro,

Thanks for detailing the alternative class - I was trying to amend your script to use it to transition the parent issue by switching issue.getId() with issue.getParentId() but it's returning a 'Cannot invoke method getParentObject() on null object'
Is it feasible to amend the script to transition the parent?

Thanks
Mike

[Alejandro Suárez García]

Hi @ADC UK maybe the problem is what you consider a "parent". You only can get a parent from a subtask. If you want to get the Epic for example, you need to get the issue with IssueLinkManager