Smart value {{project.key}} does not work in Jira cloud automation

[Anand Babu]

I have been trying to create a version every 10 days automatically.
To make the version name easily identifiable.
I am using release-{{project.key}}-date

But for some reason version name is not picking {{project.key}} smart value.
It used to pick it initially. Strange why it doesn't work now.

Any help will be appreciated

[Mayur Jadhav · Accepted solution]

Hello @Anand Babu ,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!!

Please use {{issue.key}} instead of {{project.key}} in Automation rule.

For more details on Smart Value, you may have look on the below document.

Jira smart values - issues

Hope this information help!! Please hit the accept button.

Regards,
Mayur

[Anand Babu]

Hi @Mayur Jadhav 

Thank you for the reply. Still no luck with {{issue.key}}.
Attaching screenshot for reference

[Anand Babu]

Hi @Bill Sheboy 

Would you be able to provide any suggestion for this issue?

[Danny Bish]

You can use {{project.key}} as long as there is a trigger associated to something in the project.  A simple scheduled trigger will not pick up the project that it lives in.  This is an obvious bug, but that is the way it is unfortunately.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Anand Babu 

Does your scheduled trigger have JQL (to gather issues) or is it just a schedule, without issues, to create a version daily?

Kind regards,
Bill

[Anand Babu]

Hi @Bill Sheboy . 

Thank you for jumping in.

It's just a scheduled trigger without issues to create a version daily.

[Bill Sheboy]

I am puzzled how your rule worked as the {{project}} smart value is only available with the Project Created trigger, and not with scheduled and other triggers.  Although I did find an old test rule I wrote which does something similar, and it no longer works; apparently something has changed for rules.

The {{issue.project}} smart value is available whenever issues are available.  So you can still do what you want by having at least one issue to access {{issue.project.key}}

But to get that, you would need the project key anyway, so why not just hardcode it?

[Anand Babu]

Hi @Bill Sheboy 

Thank you for your suggestion. 
I can hardcode it as the rule is not going to be global.