Want a form to populate a context field in an issue, but issue wants to remove 'duplicate field'

[Timbo]

Hi there

I want a form to populate a context field on an issue. I've linked the input field on the form to the field. All good so far.

But if I try to add the field to my issue as a context field, when I save it tells me that it will remove the fields from the form..! Hmmm.

I want the form to retain the fields, I want it to populate the linked field that is added to the list of context fields on the issue, and this way I can easily access the value of the field via automation instead of going through ie...:

`{{issue.properties."proforma.forms.i1".state.answers.2.text}}`

[Mikael Sandberg]

Hi @Timbo,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Does the form field already have field values that are different from what the Jira field has? The form cannot add new values to the Jira field, so when you link a Form field to a Jira field it has to have the same values. The only way around this would be if you take the value from the Form field and then add it to the Jira field as part of an automation that uses the REST API to do that. 

[Timbo]

Same Values? Do you mean the same field 'type' ? I can check.