How to populate a multi-select field in Jira webhook

[Bernard Carpio]

Hi, 

I'm setting up a Jira webhook to create Jira Issue from third party application (ie. Postman), everything is ok except for the multi-select field. The department field is not populating.

Webhook Call from Postman:

{
"data": {
"title": "hello 10 October Test",
"description": "hello .. this is the description",
"department": ["Ford", "BMW", "Fiat"]
}
}

From Jira webhook setup, I used the "More Options" and add the field:

{

"fields":

{ "customfield_10108": [{"value": {{webhookData.department}}}]

}

}

May I know if anyone can explain how can I implement this.

Thanks!

Bernard

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Bernard Carpio -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

You are trying to create the JSON for a multi-select, custom field: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/advanced-field-editing-using-json/#Multi-select-custom-field

To make that easier you could use the asJsonObjectArray() function to populate the expression: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-json-functions/#asJsonObjectArray-keyName-

Kind regards,
Bill

[Bernard Carpio]

Hi Bill,

I tried to use the asJsonObject() function but I can't save and publish the webhook. Here is the script:

{
"fields": {
"customfield_10107": [
{{#webhookData.application.asJsonObjectArray("value")}}
]
}
}

I have this error while publishing the webhook.

Error while parsing additional fields - Failed to close 'webhookData.application.asJsonObjectArray("value")' tag

Please take note #webhookData.application this field is coming from our third party application to save into our Jira.

Can help which I have missed out?

Thanks!

[Bill Sheboy]

When you use the function asJsonObjectArray() it returns most of the syntax needed, and so you do not need the brackets wrapping it.

And, you appear to have added an # for iteration but that is also handled by the function.

Please try this instead:

{
  "fields": {
    "customfield_10107": {{webhookData.application.asJsonObjectArray("value")}}
  }
}

If that does not work, please add a write to the audit log (using the Log action) to learn what this contains:

Application data: {{webhookData.application}}

That will confirm if you are accessing the correct attribute(s) with the function.