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Removing value from a group picker field

Ivan D_qf786s

Hello,

I need to remove a value from a group picker (multiple values) field "customfield_11111". Using the following format for Additional fields in Edit action:

{
"update": {
"customfield_11111": [
{
"remove": {
"value":"group_name"
}
}
]
}
}

I get this error:

Error editing issues AC-4520 (Operation value must be an array of group objects (customfield_11111)).

Appreciate any idea how to make it working.

Accepted answers

Darryl Lee

Whoops, ok, here's the fix:

{
    "update": {
        "customfield_11111": [{ "remove": { "name":"group_name" } }]
    }
}

The trick was changing from value to name. The clue was here:

REMOVE: Removes an element from a field that is an array. The incoming value must be the same shape as the items of the array in a GET (although you can remove parts of the object that are not needed to uniquely identify the object).

What I did was look at the JSON of an issue:

https://MYSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/latest/issue/HELP-20

And therein I saw:

"customfield_10097": [
  {
    "name": "jira-software-users",
    "self": "https://MYSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/group?groupname=jira-software-users"
  },
  {
    "name": "shift2",
    "self": "https://MYSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/group?groupname=shift2"
  },
  {
    "name": "shift3",
    "self": "https://MYSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/group?groupname=shift3"
  }
]

So then, when you remove an object, it has to match. So name, not value. But as the docs state, you don't need self, since name is unique enough.

All comments

Darryl Lee

I've yet to test this, but I think this is right:

{
    "update": {
        "customfield_11111": [{ "remove": { "value":"group_name" } }]
    }
}

I used this for reference: https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/updating-an-issue-via-the-jira-rest-apis-6848604/#operation--verb--based-update--explicit-verb-via--update--

Bill Sheboy

Hi there!

@Darryl Lee If I remove the spacing from your suggestion it is identical to what @Ivan D posted. Are you noting this is a spacing issue? Thanks!

@Ivan D You are showing a literal value for "group_name". Is it indeed a literal value or is it a smart value, such as "{{issue.someField}}"?

Best regards,
Bill

Darryl Lee

Ah crap, you're completely right @Bill Sheboy! I at first added some extra brackets, then double-checked the docs and came up with my code which yup, is exactly the same. :-/

The other thing I was wondering is if group objects need to be referenced by ID (a la users) instead of names.

Darryl Lee

Whoops, ok, here's the fix:

{
    "update": {
        "customfield_11111": [{ "remove": { "name":"group_name" } }]
    }
}

The trick was changing from value to name. The clue was here:

REMOVE: Removes an element from a field that is an array. The incoming value must be the same shape as the items of the array in a GET (although you can remove parts of the object that are not needed to uniquely identify the object).

What I did was look at the JSON of an issue:

https://MYSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/latest/issue/HELP-20

And therein I saw:

"customfield_10097": [
  {
    "name": "jira-software-users",
    "self": "https://MYSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/group?groupname=jira-software-users"
  },
  {
    "name": "shift2",
    "self": "https://MYSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/group?groupname=shift2"
  },
  {
    "name": "shift3",
    "self": "https://MYSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/group?groupname=shift3"
  }
]

So then, when you remove an object, it has to match. So name, not value. But as the docs state, you don't need self, since name is unique enough.

Ivan D_qf786s

Hi @Bill Sheboy

It's literal name.

Ivan D_qf786s

Hi @Darryl Lee

Thanks a ton, it works!

Just wondering why Atlassian doesn't put a couple of examples in the automation guide for such ambiguous cases.

Fazila Ashraf

@Darryl Lee , you saved a lot of my time today! Thank you!

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