How to link issue when mentioned in the description field

[Marcus_palm]

Hi!

I'm trying to use Jira Automate to link any issue that is mentioned in the description field. 

I already have a working solution for issues that are mentioned in the comments section. This is a template and it looks like this. 

I tried to modify this into a new rule, for the description field. But for some reason it doesn't work. It looks like this: 

Obviously I have made a mistake somewhere, but I can't figure out what. I tried with a lover case for "description.body" and "description.body.match" but that did nothing. Is the default description field called something else? 

Sorry if this is a trivial issue. I'm not code with any type of code. 

Any help would be appreciated! 

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Marcus_palm 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Instead of using {{Description.body}} use {{issue.Description}}

Comments are a special type of entity that have multiple attributes such as "body" and "author". The Description field doesn't have such extra attributes.

Also, within a rule when you want to access the data in an issue field you start the smart value by referencing the issue - {{issue.

...and then follow that with the name of the field - Description}}

[Marcus_palm]

Hi Trudy,

Well, that was about as easy of a fix as I thought. Worked great! 
Thanks for your quick reply! 

Best regards

Marcus