Include the automation trigger field in Slack message description

[Fouad El-Gendy]

I have an automation which sends a slack message when any of given fields (shown in attached screenshot) gets updated.

Is there a way to include the specific field that triggers each automation in the message? Instead of just a vague "Issue X has been updated."

Ex: If the Description of an issue is updated, I'd like the Slack message to say 'The Description of story X has been updated',.. same thing for any of the other fields

[Kalyan Sattaluri · Accepted solution]

Hello @Fouad El-Gendy 

You can use the smart value {{fieldChange.field}} to reference the field name which was changed.

If you want to reference the values which were changed... you can look at the below link for available options. Hope it helps!

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-issues/#:~:text=issue_updated%20%3Aissue_commented.-,%7B%7BfieldChange%7D%7D,-Available%20anywhere%20smart

[Fouad El-Gendy]

Works like a charm, thanks a bunch for the great help @Kalyan Sattaluri

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Fouad El-Gendy 

Adding to Kalyan's suggestions:

Not all issue changes trigger the Field Value Changed trigger (or the generic Issue Updated trigger) and so not all of them are detected in the {{fieldChange}} smart value for Jira Cloud...even though those changes appear in the issue change history when viewing an issue.

Some of these gaps are apparently due to errors in changelog handling (e.g., list fields such as Fix Version and Sprint), while others appear to be automation design choices where there is a separate trigger to detect changes to some fields.

I recommend testing for each field you wish to track to confirm they are detected as you need.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Kalyan Sattaluri]

Thanks Bill. I keep forgetting to warn people of this behavior you have mentioned previously. I will try to clarify/state this point go forward!

[Fouad El-Gendy]

Indeed Bill, I did check and they seem to work just fine, thank you for pointing that out!

On another note, I did create a separate automation to send any updates to the comment section of specific issues, so yeah, there's that.