duplicate epic creation

[Viresh Kumar]

Hi, i want to create a rule for duplicate epic. so i created rule when issue will be created thn i used lookup . it ll lookup in current project , if the new epic with summary will be there it should not close the epic or if existing epic will be there thn it ll be closed. i want to store output of lookup thn i want to put if else condition. how i can store output of lookup ?

[Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_]

Hi @Viresh Kumar 

the result of the Lookup Issues Action are automatically accessible via the smart value {{lookupissues}}

Check out this documentation for more details: Jira smart values - issues | Cloud automation Cloud | Atlassian Support (search for "lookupissues")

[Viresh Kumar]

can we store the output of lookup as a variable. thn we can use if else condition.is it possible or any other way is thr?

[Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_]

You can use the variable action but you could also simply access the smartvalue straight from the if else.

Quick example below. Lookupissues will give you a list of issues. .First will access the first issue in the list.

More operations available here: Jira smart values - lists | Cloud automation Cloud | Atlassian Support

[Viresh Kumar]

[Viresh Kumar]

now my rule is like this. can u suggest in this

[Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_]

The If-Conditions look wrong. I think it should be

{{lookupissues.size}} > 0

Issuetype = Epic -> this will check the trigger Issue's Issue type. Is that what you want?

Apart from that simply try it out. I am not too sure what you want to achieve from a business point of view so can't really advise any further.