Dynamicly create checklists (in custom filed checklist) depending on custom field Select List (multiple choices)

[Jakov Mihaljevic]

Hi,

I want to realize a dynamic checklist like this:

1. Create an issue 
2. select in a custom select list one or more items
3. transition to "generate checklists"
4. the transition should append all item-specific checklists in the custom filed checklist

I tried to realize that by placing multiple automation jobs on the trigger "Issue transitioned" and filtering with a JQL condition the specific item.

Then i use the "Edit Issue fields" in each item action like e.g.:

{{issue.fields.checklists}}
h1.Item A
{task}task A item A specific{task}
{task}task B item A specific{task}

That works file for one item but if i select two or more itmes, the checklist is always overwritten with the last one (from the selected list). But I need all.

Thanks for helping.

Jakov

[Jakov Mihaljevic · Accepted solution]

With the newest release today this is possilbe.

But you should use: 

{{issue.latest.fields.checklists}} instead {{issue.fields.checklists}}

[andreas]

Thanks for posting this back here Jakov (and beating me to it )!

Just one little note about 'latest': Please only use this if necessary - it requires a complete re-fetch of the issue. If it's a large issue this can depending on what your automation rule does put considerable load on your JIRA instance. It's not such a big deal in server but it's a slightly bigger deal in cloud (API calls vs REST HTTP calls). 

In almost all other use cases just using 'issue' will be fine.

[andreas]

Hi Jakov,

Sorry this isn't working as expected. Is the field called exactly 'checklists'? What do you see on the view issue page - is it possibly 'Checklists'?

The field name has to match exactly including case and space in smart-values, otherwise {{issue.fields.checklists}} will simply evaluate to the empty string.

I think that's what's going on here. If that's not it, then please raise a support request via https://codebarrel.io/support including screenshots of your rule configuration and some sample issues so I can take a closer look.

Cheers,
Andreas

[Christian Axén]

This is something I need to know how to accomplish to. Could you post a how-to here or on your blog how this is done @Andreas Knecht?

[Jakov Mihaljevic]

Hi @Christian Axén, I have posted my request at codbarrel support. I will let you know it I receive an answer.

[Jakov Mihaljevic]

HI @Andreas Knecht, thanks for responding so quickly, but unfortunalty thats not the problem. The code will overwrite the correct custom filed, but multiple times instead of appending it.

[andreas]

Jakovand I are just trying to figure out what's going on exactly in the support case. Once we've figured it all out I'll post back here @Christian Axén with a more generic solution.