Groovy Script Runner what does indexIssues do?

[Timothy Harris]

I have seen multiple groovy scripts on here where:

ImportUtils.indexIssue = true

What does this do? I mean, I know it has to do indexing/re-indexing an issue, but how should it be used? When should I use it and why?

[Timothy Harris]

Ah, I think I understand now. This is not really needed for cloning or creating issues. Just when transition an issue. For example transitioning a linked issue. Then you should index the issue so its status is correct when searching.

[JamieA]

Yeah, but the line you've posted doesn't do much in itself. However generally you don't need to worry about indexing issues if you use IssueService: https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/latest/com/atlassian/jira/bc/issue/IssueService.html