Possible to use value of a field inside text field?

[Jaap Francke]

In a JPD-item I use the big text field (is it called description?) to describe that what/why/when etc. of an item on my roadmap.

I also make use of various standard and custom fields to group/select JPD-items in various dashboards.

It would be nice if the text field could show the value of the fields. 
For example:
JPD-item has attribute 'Goal' with various custom values (e.g. A, B C) and for the particular item value A was selected.

In the descriptive text I'd like to do something like:

"We are working on goal <goal-value for this item> and therefore the next step is bla bla.
This will help <customersegment-value for this item>, because bla bla

[Jaap Francke · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your reply and suggested workaround.

That workaround will be too cumbersome, I was hoping for a light weight solution.
Maybe you can consider for future enhancement on the roadmap?

Cheers, Jaap

[Bill Sheboy]

I am just another Jira customer, and have no input on the roadmap.  You may use the "Give feedback" link on the left side of the JPD views to offer that suggestion.

[Jaap Francke]

Sorry my bad . Thanks for suggestion.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Jaap Francke -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

There is nothing built-in to dynamically lookup that information (other than for issue keys and issue lists).

A workaround for your scenario would be to use automation rules to update the Description field when the other fields change.  This can be a brittle solution as it relies upon the Description maintaining a known layout to support the text replacement.  (e.g., knowing where the Goal text should be inserted)

If you want to try this, here is some information to get you started on creating your rule:

• https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/automation/overview#what-is-automation
• https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/

Kind regards,
Bill