Script runner plugin Validation script - Custom field ID instead of name

[Tarun Sapra]

Hi ,

I am using Script runner plugin version 2.1.15, I have written a validation snippet which is working fine when I use the name of the custom field and not the ID, but I don't want my script to be tightly coupled with the custom field name

cfValues['Release'].getValue() == 'True

cfValues['customfield_12345'].getValue() == 'True'

is not, any suggestions?

[JamieA · Accepted solution]

Look up the CF by ID...

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def cf = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject(12345)
return issue.getCustomFieldValue(cf)?.value == "True"

[Tarun Sapra]

Hi @Jamie Echlin [Adaptavist] - My full statement involves multiple fields - issue.issueTypeObject.name != 'XYZ' || (issue.issueTypeObject.name == 'ABC' && cfValues['Release'].getValue() == 'True' && cfValues['myField'] && cfValues["myNewField''] && cfValues['MyFieldtwo']?.value?.size() > 0)

[Tarun Sapra]

for other readers - Here "Release" is the select dropdown where as the "myfield", "mynewfield" are of type Text field thus if they are null groovy will interpret them as false.

[JamieA]

I don't really see what the problem is... if you don't want to hard-code the name you need to hard-code the ID. Personally I prefer name because it's portable between instances. In your case you need to get multiple fields by multiple IDs.

[Tarun Sapra]

I actually hard-coded the ID using the cfValues['customfield_1234'] convention but that didn't work, i guess to make it work using the IDs is by using what you shared i.e. extracting the IDs using the customFieldManager

[JamieA]

yes. cfValues is indexed only by *name*.

[JamieA]

but it's just a convenience... if you don't want it then you should cfm to get the custom field by ID.

[Tarun Sapra]

thanks for sharing more info about it, as my requirement involved writing a long validation statement consiting of a certain scenario involving multiple custom fields and I wanted to restrict it to a single line of code but since cfValues doesn't work well with IDs thus would need to extract the IDs before hand.

[JamieA]

no need to stick to a single line of code, write as much as you need to to make it clear

[SanaS]

What kind of custom field is your field? It will affect the way you retrieve the value from it.

[Tarun Sapra]

Hi @Sana Safai - Yes, ofcourse it would have an impact on the sytax based on the type of my custom field but I currently not concerned with that rather I am looking for a way to get the custom field values based on their ID instead of names in a long condition statement, see my comment in response to Jamie answer's. thanks