Concatenate 2 jira fields and show on dashboard

[vishalp1]

Hello

We are in process to build a dashboard and as i understand you can pick standard jira field or smart filter field and build rich filter charts 

I wanted to concatenate 2 fields (standard jira "Project") and one smart filter that i have created and use that concatenated field to build a chart.

Appreciate your help

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @vishalp1 -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I do not believe concatenating fields is a built-in feature, for dashboards or other uses.

There are marketplace addons to help with calculated fields like this, or you could use an automation rule and a custom field to concatenate the other field values for your own reporting.

Kind regards,
Bill

[vishalp1]

Hi Bill

Thanks for your quick response. Do you have any documentation link on how to use automation rule to concatenate 2 fields?

[Bill Sheboy]

To do that, you may use the concat() function, such as:

{{issue.summary.concat(issue.description)}}

To get you started on creating your rule, please review this documentation and examples:

• https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/expand-jira/automation
• https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/
• https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library#/rule-list?systemLabelId=all&page=1&pageSize=20&sortKey=name&sortOrder=ASC

You may also need a custom field to store the value, so work with your Jira Admin to help with that.

[vishalp1]

Thank you so much for the information