Copy Custom Fields from Subtask to Parent Issue (w/ ScriptRunner)

[Christopher Gronde]

So I discovered that JIRA can only copy a field from parent to subtask and not the other way around without yet ANOTHER paid plugin.

We have script runner and I am trying to find a way to script out a post function that will copy a field from a subtask into the same field in the parent ticket.  There are several subtasks that collect data and I want to copy each other those from their respective subtask into one place (i.e. the parent ticket).  Below is what I have so far but the post function doesn't even run.  Not sure what to do.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.COmponentAccessor;
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue;
 
String copyFrom="customfield_13467"
String copyTO="customfield_13467"
 
def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def userUtil = ComponentAccessor.getUserUtil()
def parentIssue = (MutableIssue)issue.getParentObject()
def IssueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager();
def jac = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthernicationContext();
 
def cfObj = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject(copyFrom)
def valcfObj = issue.getCustomFieldValue(cfObj)
def cf2Update = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject(copyTo)
def valcf2Update = parentIssue.getCustomFieldValue(cf2Update)
 
 
if (valcf2Update == null){
	parentIssue.setCustomFieldValue(cf2Update,valcfObj)
	} 
 
IssueManager.updateIssue(jac.getLoggedINUser(), parentIssue, EventDispatchOption.ISSUE_UPDATED, false);

JIRA 7.1.2

ScriptRunner 4.3.16

[Christopher Gronde]

yeah that's because our stupid browser will not let me cut and paste code into these little blocks on here, so I have to type everything out line by line

[Vasiliy Zverev]

Here is refactored version of your code compatible with JIRA 7. I would reccomed to use an IDE for code writing. I use Intellj IDEA.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.UpdateIssueRequest
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField

MutableIssue parentIssue = issue.getParentObject()

CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
CustomField copyFrom = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_13467")
CustomField cf2Update = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_13467")
def valcf2Update = parentIssue.getCustomFieldValue(cf2Update)

if (valcf2Update == null){
    parentIssue.setCustomFieldValue(cf2Update, issue.getCustomFieldValue(copyFrom))
}

ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager().updateIssue(
        ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getUser()
        , parentIssue
        ,  UpdateIssueRequest.builder().eventDispatchOption(EventDispatchOption.ISSUE_UPDATED).sendMail(false).build()  );

[Judah]

@Vasiliy Zverev

I am trying to apply this code as a listener on the event 'issue created'...I want to copy down the value of my custom field (select list - single choice) from parent to child on creation. 

Currently I get the error (issue variable is undeclared) on the line: 

MutableIssue parentIssue = issue.getParentObject()

 Any insight? 

[Robert Dzido]

First of all change COmponentAccessor to ComponentAccessor