Add a prefix to a label

Lecathelinais Eric July 31, 2017

Hello,

I would like, when creating an issue, add a prefix to the labels entered.
I assume I need to add a post_function to my workflow (after Creates the issue originally.)

Is there a simple way to rename each label in a list? By adding a prefix (and only if there is not already)

thanks for your help

Eric

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Lecathelinais Eric July 31, 2017

And perhaps I can enforce the reporter to add the prefix on the create screen ... with a validator.

Is it make sense ??

Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority
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July 31, 2017

You could try by using the Regular Expression Check validator, but as far as I know that only works on Custom Fields. You would need to replace your label field with a custom field of label type.

Depending on what kind of entries you are expecting to receive, there may be a better field type to use in the first place. I would consider stepping back a bit and telling us about what kind of data you are trying to store, how often it changes, etc and perhaps we can offer an easier solution.

Lecathelinais Eric July 31, 2017

Ok,

I am working on Jira since 2-3 month (so I am again a beginner)

My company have about 250 projects on the Jira instance.
For one of these projects (with more 15000 issues), when a reporter creates a problem, he must think of adding this prefix in the labels field. Sometimes, he can forget

So the PM asks me if it is possible to enforce a prefix.

It is important for him to easily find their labels and also ensure others don't use them.

Then I can't replace this field by a custom field.
Maybe the best way is to do it with ScriptRunner (but I'm not too comfortable with the scripts)

Thanks

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Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority
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July 31, 2017

I believe you would need to use something like ScriptRunner for this.

Lecathelinais Eric July 31, 2017

Thanks Boris for your reply

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