Convert list of JIRA issues from tasks to sub-tasks using ScriptRunner and Groovy

[Christopher Anatalio]

I am trying to pull a list of issues by custom field and convert them to sub tasks with a specified parent.

I have verified my JQL query is being constructed correctly and retrieving the list of issues I need but I am getting an error on: 

ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager().updateIssue

Code is below:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchProvider
import com.atlassian.jira.jql.parser.JqlQueryParser
import com.atlassian.jira.web.bean.PagerFilter
import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager
import com.atlassian.jira.security.Permissions
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue;

//Examples, 8 is my subtask issue type id. Will be different for others
//changeToSubTaskAndLink("AXDIS-509", "AXDIS-1045", "8")
//changeToSubTaskAndLink("AXDIS-509", "AXDIS-1046", "8")
def jqlQueryParser = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(JqlQueryParser.class)
def searchProvider = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(SearchProvider.class)
def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
def user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getUser()
//Add first function req here
def queryParamsString = "'Functional Requirement Id' ~ 5.3 " 
//Add all functional reqs after the first here
def functionalReqs = ['5.4', '5.5', '5.6', '5.7', '5.8', '5.9', '5.10', '5.11', '5.12']
functionalReqs.eachWithIndex { a, i ->
  queryParamsString += " OR 'Functional Requirement Id' ~ " + a
  
}
def parentIdKey = "AR-2125"
def subTaskIssueTypeId = "5"
def query = jqlQueryParser.parseQuery("project = AR AND 'Business Requirement Id' ~ '5' AND (" + queryParamsString + ")")
def results = searchProvider.search(query, user, PagerFilter.getUnlimitedFilter())
 
results.getIssues().each {documentIssue ->
    //log.debug(documentIssue.key)
    // if you need a mutable issue you can do:
    def issue = issueManager.getIssueObject(documentIssue.id)
    // do something to the issue...
    //changeToSubTaskAndLink("AR-2125", "AR-1977", "5")
    changeToSubTaskAndLink(parentIdKey, documentIssue.key, subTaskIssueTypeId)
}
//Method to do all the work
def changeToSubTaskAndLink(parentId, childId, subTaskIssueTypeId)
{ 	//Get the parent Issue 
    def parent = ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager().getIssueObject(parentId) 
	//Get the child Issue 
    def child = ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager().getIssueObject(childId) 
    //Change the child to the subtask type 
    child.setIssueTypeId(subTaskIssueTypeId) 
    
    //Update the issue 
    ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager().updateIssue(ComponentManager.getInstance().jiraAuthenticationContext?.user, child, EventDispatchOption.DO_NOT_DISPATCH, false) 
    //Create the subtask link, if this is not done you'll end up with orphans 
    ComponentManager.getInstance().getSubTaskManager().createSubTaskIssueLink(parent, child, ComponentManager.getInstance().jiraAuthenticationContext?.user) 
    
}

I get the following error message

Error!
No signature of method: com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.updateIssue() is applicable for argument types: (com.atlassian.jira.user.DelegatingApplicationUser, com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl, com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption$EventDispatchOptionImpl, java.lang.Boolean) values: [canatalio(canatalio), AR-1974, com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption$EventDispatchOptionImpl@56262ec0, ...] Possible solutions: updateIssue(com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User, com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue, com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption, boolean), updateIssue(com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser, com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue, com.atlassian.jira.issue.UpdateIssueRequest)


groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.updateIssue() is applicable for argument types: (com.atlassian.jira.user.DelegatingApplicationUser, com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl, com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption$EventDispatchOptionImpl, java.lang.Boolean) values: [canatalio(canatalio), AR-1974, com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption$EventDispatchOptionImpl@56262ec0, ...]
Possible solutions: updateIssue(com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User, com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue, com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption, boolean), updateIssue(com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser, com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue, com.atlassian.jira.issue.UpdateIssueRequest)
	at Script24.changeToSubTaskAndLink(Script24.groovy:57)
	at Script24$_run_closure2.doCall(Script24.groovy:44)
	at Script24.run(Script24.groovy:38)

[Christopher Anatalio · Accepted solution]

I resolved this issue by using the following:

//Update the issue 
ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager().updateIssue((ApplicationUser)ComponentManager.getInstance().jiraAuthenticationContext?.user, (MutableIssue)child, UpdateIssueRequest.builder().build())
//Create the subtask link, if this is not done you'll end up with orphans 
ComponentAccessor.getSubTaskManager().createSubTaskIssueLink(parent, child, ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser())

Instead of these depreciated methods

//Update the issue
    ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager().updateIssue(ComponentManager.getInstance().jiraAuthenticationContext?.user, child, EventDispatchOption.DO_NOT_DISPATCH, false)
    //Create the subtask link, if this is not done you'll end up with orphans
    ComponentManager.getInstance().getSubTaskManager().createSubTaskIssueLink(parent, child, ComponentManager.getInstance().jiraAuthenticationContext?.user)

Here is the full script

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchProvider
import com.atlassian.jira.jql.parser.JqlQueryParser
import com.atlassian.jira.web.bean.PagerFilter
import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager
import com.atlassian.jira.security.Permissions
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue;
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor;
import com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.UpdateIssueRequest;

def jqlQueryParser = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(JqlQueryParser.class)
def searchProvider = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(SearchProvider.class)
def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
def user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getUser()
//Add first function req here
def queryParamsString = "'Functional Requirement Id' ~ 5.3 " 
//Add all functional reqs after the first here
def functionalReqs = ['5.4', '5.5', '5.6', '5.7', '5.8', '5.9', '5.10', '5.11', '5.12']
functionalReqs.eachWithIndex { a, i ->
  queryParamsString += " OR 'Functional Requirement Id' ~ " + a
  
}
def parentIdKey = "AR-2125"
def subTaskIssueTypeId = "5"
def query = jqlQueryParser.parseQuery("project = AR AND 'Business Requirement Id' ~ '5' AND (" + queryParamsString + ")")
def results = searchProvider.search(query, user, PagerFilter.getUnlimitedFilter())
 
results.getIssues().each {documentIssue ->
    //log.debug(documentIssue.key)
    // if you need a mutable issue you can do:
    def issue = issueManager.getIssueObject(documentIssue.id)
    changeToSubTaskAndLink(parentIdKey, documentIssue.key, subTaskIssueTypeId)
}
//Method to do all the work
def changeToSubTaskAndLink(parentId, childId, subTaskIssueTypeId)
{ 	//Get the parent Issue 
    def parent = ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager().getIssueObject(parentId) 
	//Get the child Issue 
    MutableIssue child = (MutableIssue)ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager().getIssueObject(childId) 
    //Change the child to the subtask type 
    child.setIssueTypeId(subTaskIssueTypeId) 
    
    
    
    //Update the issue 
    ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager().updateIssue((ApplicationUser)ComponentManager.getInstance().jiraAuthenticationContext?.user, (MutableIssue)child, UpdateIssueRequest.builder().build())
    //Create the subtask link, if this is not done you'll end up with orphans 
    ComponentAccessor.getSubTaskManager().createSubTaskIssueLink(parent, child, ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()) 
}