How do you set a Jira checkbox field using a JSS Jython post function?

[Harvey Shepherd]

Hi,

I've recently started using JIRA Scripting Suite and have been able to work out how to do everything I've needed to do, other than setting the value of a custom checkbox field in a post function. My checkbox field only has one component, and I'm trying to cause it to be selected for a certain issue type in a post function. My script is shown below - it doesn't produce an error other than to state that "JIRA couldn't create the issue right now". Any help would be much appreciated.

from com.atlassian.jira.component import ComponentAccessor
 
customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
cf_chk1 = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("chk1")
values = [{ "true": "Requires Attention" }]
if issue.getIssueTypeId() == "10000":
   customFieldManager.getCustomFieldType().updateValue(cf_chk1, issue, values)

[Rp Subhub · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I'm not an expert but afaik you need to pass an array of com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.option.Option as value.

Something along the lines of:

from com.atlassian.jira.component import ComponentAccessor
  
customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
optionsManager = ComponentAccessor.getOptionsManager()
 
cf_chk1 = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("chk1")
 
# get Option for 'Requires Attention'
fieldConfig = cf_chk1.getRelevantConfig(issue)
options = optionsManager.getOptions(fieldConfig)
requiresAttention = options.getOptionForValue('Requires Attention', None)


if issue.getIssueTypeId() == "10000":
   issue.setCustomFieldValue(cf_chk1, [requiresAttention])

[Harvey Shepherd]

Thank you so much - it worked like a dream first time! You wouldn't believe how many different attempts I've made to set a checkbox field.