Branch rule / related issues by JQL doesn't accept smart values

David Leal
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August 31, 2023

I have used smart values in other JQL-related actions, but for branch rule / related issues I can't:

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Am I doing something wrong, or is it a limitation in this case? I haven't read any limitations that restrict using smart values in this context. If so was it reported? Thanks

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Jehan Bhathena
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August 31, 2023

Hi @David Leal ,

Going from what the error says, you may have missed out on adding a Action/Component after the JQL branch. I tried a similar configuration at my end got the error : 

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September 1, 2023

@Jehan Bhathena correct, that was the issue, I was looking for some more complex errors related to the smart values, without looking at the obvious. 

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Bill Sheboy
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August 31, 2023

Hi @David Leal 

A couple of things...

  • There appears to be a typo in the smart value for userInputs in that JQL
  • Are there multiple values in that input, or just one value?  If multiple you may need to parse that into a list to work: CSV with quotation marks around each value.

Kind regards,
Bill

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August 31, 2023

Thanks @Bill Sheboy for your help on this. Do you mean I didn't add a space after in and I put user.Inputs instead of userInputs? I tested also the following:

labels in ({{userInputs.remLabels}})

but I am getting the same error. Yes, it is a list of values, but at this point, since it is a user input from a manual trigger rule, the error is not because of that. The input is in CSV format. Good point, I didn't know I needed to put quotation marks around each value. I am getting the error not executing the rule, but publishing the rule.

Note: I was able to convert the input with comma-separated values to add the quotation mark as follows, maybe there is an easier way, but the following works:

{{userInputs.keyList.leftPad(userInputs.keyList.length().plus(1), "\"").replace(",","\",\"").concat("\"")}}

For example, if the input is: a,b,c,d will return: "a","b","c","d". If I store the result in a smart variable. {{csvKeyList}}. Then using the split function the final result is a list, for example: {{csvKeyList.split(",").first}}, I am able to get the first element.

Thanks for any additional help

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September 7, 2023

Hi, and sorry for the delay in responding.  It looks like you got it figured out.

For the CSV part, I was suggesting using an iterator to add the values to build the JQL.  Something like this:

labels IN ( {{#userInputs.keyList}}"{{.}}"{{^last}}, {{/}}{{/}} )

That would iterate over the input values, wrapping each one in double-quotes, and adding a comma between each one.  The {{^last}} part is to ensure their is not comma at the end. 

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September 7, 2023

Thanks, @Bill Sheboy good idea, it would require converting the input string into a list first via split(",") for example.

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