[Automation for Jira] Get last added attachment to issue using smart values

[Sebastian Krzewiński]

Hi

Is it possible to get name or id of last added attachment to issue using smart values?

I tried issue.attachment.id.last but it get last item from attachments list.

Regards,

Sebastian

[Michael March]

I'm not sure if this helps you exactly but if you use the smart value: {{attachment.created}}, it will give you a comma separated list of the creation date of all the attachments on an issue.

[Sebastian Krzewiński]

Hi @Michael March 

Thanks for tip but this is not what I need.

I need to get last added attachment. Dates are ok but I can't work in automation and search attachments based on creation date.

Regards,

Seba

[Stuart__]

Hello

It is possible to use the smart value {{issue.attachment.last.id}}.

However, I find it very unreliable and inconsistent and it often does NOT report the last Id.

You should experiment with that - how is it different from what you tried at first?

[Sebastian Krzewiński]

Hi @Stuart__ 

*.first or *.last return first/last item from attachment list. In many cases last attachment on list isn't last added attachment.

I fixed this by using script runner in automation for jira. This gave me attachments list which I was able to use in automation.

Regards,

Seba

[Fabrizio Galletti]

@Sebastian Krzewiński can you share this?

[Sebastian Krzewiński]

@Fabrizio Galletti 

since February my rule change a lot and I switch making a attachment list from scriptrunner to automation's smart values. 

It looks like below:

"attachment":[{{#issue.attachment}}{"id":"{{id}}","author":{"name":"{{author.name}}","key":"{{author.key}}","emailAddress":"{{author.emailAddress}}"},"filename":"{{filename}}","created":"{{created}}"}{{^last}},{{/}}{{/}}]}},