How to show option values of custom select field in velocity template

[MuhammadU]

I want to retrieve all options of a select custom field. See my code below, I can get the custom field but not able to show its options .. :(

#set ( $c_n = $customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Deptt") )
$c_n.getIdAsLong()
#set ( $opts = $c_n.getOptions() )

<ul>
  #foreach( $opt in $opts )
    <li>$opt.getValue()</li>
  #end
</ul>

[Bharadwaj Jannu · Accepted solution]

hello Muhammed Usman,

you can directly use $configs variable to get the options for that context.

for reference read

and might be #foreach ($option in $configs.options) work to display options.

[MuhammadU]

Hi Bharadwaj,

Thanks for your reply. I cannot make it work.

I am using this code now, what am I missing?

#set ( $c_n = $customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Customer Name") )
<ul>
  #foreach ($option in $configs.options)
    <li>$option.value</li>
  #end
</ul>

[MuhammadU]

I am using it in Project Tab Panel template.

[Bharadwaj Jannu]

ok, but where exactly you want to retrieve the options. I mean in which context the template is used.

[Bharadwaj Jannu]

which mean you are trying to display the contents of CustomerName as select list in Project Tab Panel?

[MuhammadU]

not as a select list though. I just want to show these like this:

Department Name:

- Dept 1

- Dept 2

Customer Name:

- Customer Name 1

- Customer Name 2

[Bharadwaj Jannu]

do you have issue object as a variable in your hand?

[MuhammadU]

No.. I dont have issue object .. I have added new project tab panel named departments .. and on that page I want to show all departments assoicated with the project ( which is available in deptt custom field )...

[Bharadwaj Jannu]

in that case configs.options will not work.

you create JiraContextTreeManager object in your java class, using that get JiraContextNode object and store in some variable. Pass this variable to your vm file. Now you have JiraContextNode in your hand.

probably you might get options using

$customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Deptt").getOptions(null,/*variable that stored JiraContextNode object*/)

[MuhammadU]

So there is no way except creatiung a new class for project tab panel and then passing variables like you mentioned. ?

[Bharadwaj Jannu]

I think no need of creating a new java class, you already might have written class for your Project Tab Panel, in that class itself you try to put the value in the map variable.

I found the following code that pass some values to variables in Version Project Tab Panel

protected Map<String, Object> createVelocityParams(BrowseContext ctx)

{

Project project = ctx.getProject();

List versions = getVersions(project);

Map params = super.createVelocityParams(ctx);

params.put("versionsCount", Integer.valueOf(versions.size()));

Integer subset = getSubset();

Collection versionToDisplay = TabPanelUtil.subSetCollection(versions, subset.intValue());

params.put("versions", versionToDisplay);

params.put("hasAdminPermission", this.permissionHelper.hasProjectAdminPermission(this.authenticationContext.getLoggedInUser(), project));

params.put("showingAll", Boolean.valueOf(versions.size() < 20));

params.put("subset", subset);

params.put("dateFieldFormat", this.dateFieldFormat);

return params;

}

[MuhammadU]

Thanks. You have been so helpful .. :) .. This solves my problem ..

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Line 2 is breaking what you're doing for a start!

• Line 1 looks good, it should set $c_n to a custom field object.
• (Line 2 then scrubs over that obecjt with a simple number object)
• Line 3 doesn't work on numbers - they don't have options. If you remove line 2, then it is are looking at the right type of object, but you haven't fed in the parameters that call needs. See https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/latest/index.html?com/atlassian/jira/issue/fields/CustomField.html
• The rest of the code looks fine from then on.

[MuhammadU]

Thanks, Parameters is the issue.

BUT How we can get these parameters in velocity

getOptions(String key, JiraContextNode jiraContextNode)