Unable to set custom field value using custom script runner

Ankur Mehrotra August 23, 2014

Prerequisites : Set following script in script runner to update a custom field - timetracking_originalestimate using customfield_10204 and customfield_10205 average

import org.apache.log4j.Category
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.issuetype.IssueType
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFactory
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueKey
import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.link.*
import com.atlassian.jira.security.*
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.IssueChangeHolder
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager


IssueManager issueManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager();
CustomFieldManager cfManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getCustomFieldManager();
MutableIssue issue = issueManager.getIssueObject(issue.id);
CustomField cforig = cfManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("timetracking_originalestimate");
CustomField cfabp = cfManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("customfield_10204");
CustomField cfhp = cfManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("customfield_10205");

def abpEstimateValue = issue.getCustomFieldValue(cfabp);
def hpEstimateValue = issue.getCustomFieldValue(cfhp);
def orignalEstimateValue=issue.getCustomFieldValue(cforig);
def orignalEstimateValueModified=(Integer.parseInt(abpEstimateValue)+Integer.parseInt(hpEstimateValue))/2

IssueChangeHolder changeHolder = new DefaultIssueChangeHolder();
cforig.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(orignalEstimateValue, orignalEstimateValueModified),changeHolder);

Step1 : Create issue in Jira
Expected output : timetracking_originalestimate filed should be updated
Actual Output : following error is coming and timetracking_originalestimate is not updated

  2014-08-24 15:01:20,352 http-bio-8080-exec-39 ERROR amehr1 901x35788x1 1pkqz7 14.140.116.145,172.18.13.241,172.18.14.165 /secure/QuickCreateIssue.jspa [onresolve.jira.groovy.GroovyRunner] The script failed : javax.script.ScriptException: javax.script.ScriptException: java.lang.NullPointerException
2014-08-24 15:01:20,352 http-bio-8080-exec-39 ERROR amehr1 901x35788x1 1pkqz7 14.140.116.145,172.18.13.241,172.18.14.165 /secure/QuickCreateIssue.jspa [onresolve.jira.groovy.GroovyFunctionPlugin] Script post-function failed on ATTP-84: /data/jira_home/originalEstimatesCalculation.groovy
javax.script.ScriptException: javax.script.ScriptException: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.eval(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:117)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.eval(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:103)
        at javax.script.AbstractScriptEngine.eval(AbstractScriptEngine.java:212)
        at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.GroovyRunner.runFile(GroovyRunner.java:102)
        at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.GroovyRunner.run(GroovyRunner.java:62)
        at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.GroovyFunctionPlugin.execute(GroovyFunctionPlugin.java:38)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.executeFunction(AbstractWorkflow.java:1050)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.transitionWorkflow(AbstractWorkflow.java:1446)
        at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.initialize(AbstractWorkflow.java:615)
        at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.OSWorkflowManager.createIssue(OSWorkflowManager.java:848)
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssue(DefaultIssueManager.java:647)
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssue(DefaultIssueManager.java:583)
        at com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.DefaultIssueService.create(DefaultIssueService.java:183)
        at com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.DefaultIssueService.create(DefaultIssueService.java:148)  <+2> (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.hostcomponents.impl.DefaultComponentRegistrar$ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.invoke(DefaultComponentRegistrar.java:129)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy64.create(Unknown Source)  <+2> (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.bridge.external.HostComponentFactoryBean$DynamicServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(HostComponentFactoryBean.java:154)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy64.create(Unknown Source)
        at com.atlassian.jira.quickedit.action.QuickCreateIssue.doExecute(QuickCreateIssue.java:266)  <+1> (ActionSupport.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:87)  <+7> (DefaultInterceptorChain.java:39) (NestedInterceptorChain.java:31) (ChainedInterceptor.java:16) (DefaultInterceptorChain.java:35) (GenericDispatcher.java:225) (GenericDispatcher.java:154) (JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.java:152)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)  <+2> (ApplicationFilterChain.java:305) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
        at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)  <+14> (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (XContentTypeOptionsNoSniffFilter.java:22) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.jira.tzdetect.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:39)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.jira.baseurl.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:38)  <+8> (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (ContextFilter.java:25) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.servicedesk.internal.web.RedirectExternalCustomerToPortalFilter.doFilter(RedirectExternalCustomerToPortalFilter.scala:18)  <+4> (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.mywork.client.filter.ServingRequestsFilter.doFilter(ServingRequestsFilter.java:37)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.java:60)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.java:92)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsMatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsMatcherFilter.java:56)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.labs.botkiller.BotKillerFilter.doFilter(BotKillerFilter.java:36)  <+23> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AccessLogFilter.java:103) (AccessLogFilter.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (XsrfTokenAdditionRequestFilter.java:54) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (SiteMeshFilter.java:181) (SiteMeshFilter.java:85) (SitemeshPageFilter.java:124) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)  <+22> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (SecurityFilter.java:234) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:100) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (BaseLoginFilter.java:169) (JiraLoginFilter.java:70) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (OAuthFilter.java:61) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.bonfire.web.filters.BonfireP3PFilter.doFilter(BonfireP3PFilter.java:57)  <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)  <+13> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ProfilingFilter.java:99) (JIRAProfilingFilter.java:19) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:71) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
        at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:176)
        at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:145)
        at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:92)  <+10> (UrlRewriteFilter.java:394) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (GzipFilter.java:80) (GzipFilter.java:51) (JiraGzipFilter.java:55) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.AnalyticsFilter.doFilter(AnalyticsFilter.java:27)  <+4> (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)  <+40> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractCachingFilter.java:33) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (PathMatchingEncodingFilter.java:49) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (JiraStartupChecklistFilter.java:78) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (MultipartBoundaryCheckFilter.java:41) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87) (JiraFirstFilter.java:57) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (StandardWrapperValve.java:222) (StandardContextValve.java:123) (AuthenticatorBase.java:502) (StandardHostValve.java:171) (ErrorReportValve.java:100) (StandardEngineValve.java:118) (AccessLogValve.java:953) (CoyoteAdapter.java:408) (AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1041) (AbstractProtocol.java:603) (JIoEndpoint.java:310)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: javax.script.ScriptException: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.eval(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:318)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.eval(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:111)
        ... 212 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl.getCustomFieldValue(IssueImpl.java:1003)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:42)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:116)
        at Script12.run(Script12.groovy:27)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.eval(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:315)
        ... 213 more

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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August 23, 2014

Time tracking is NOT a custom field. Start by fixing that.

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