Custom fields in JPD automation

[Joshua Cassin]

Hi there,

In our Jira Discovery Project i have a check box field that i want automatically checked if there are certain conditions met. I have been able to fulfill the JQL search to find the DIY cards that need this field checked. However as it is a custom field i can not select it in the drop down and need to use the advanced edit. 

from the Docs something like this should work

{
    “update”: {
        “customfield_10179": [{
                “add”: { “value”: “option1” }
        }]
    }
}

or 

{
    “update”: {
        “customfield_10179": [{
                “add”: { “value”: “True” }
        }]
    }
}

alas, neither of these seem to work and Jira Product Discovery doesn't seem to show custom fields, so i can't check further details of the field. Is anyone able to help/guide?

[Omer Meshar]

Try this:

{
    "fields": {
         "customfield_10179": 1
    }
}

[Ritika Kapoor]

This works like a charm!

[Gomez_ Daniel]

@Joshua Cassin This json above worked for me too, you will have to go into the api to get the ID number:

https://<yourjirainstance>.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/field

I hit ctrl+f and searched for the checkbox field name, you will see something like this:

["cf[12688]","<customfieldname>"]

[Gomez_ Daniel]

Single select:

{
"fields": {
"customfield_12222" : { "id": 12345 }
}
}

Cascading select:

{
"fields": {
"customfield_12222" : { "id": 22222, "child": { "id" : 33333 } }
}
}

[Joshua Cassin]

How do you know the "id" ?

[Gomez_ Daniel]

@Joshua Cassin 

one way to find it is:

settings/issues/custom fields/edit(click on edit in the ellipsis to the right of the custom field)the ID will show in the URL at the end

for select and cascading select instead of edit click on contexts and default value to see parent and child ID's under the custom field

[Joshua Cassin]

@Gomez_ Daniel   That works for normal projects, but in the case of the JPD project custom fields are not shown there.

settings/issues/custom fields

[Omer Meshar]

You can find the id of your custom field by getting the issues of JPD in a regular filter of Jira software, adding the custom field you want as one of the columns and then clicking on it to order by it. In the filter - you will see the id of the field you just ordered by: