Working with a Group Picker (multiple groups), how do I get the group name?

[Marc Jason Mutuc]

I've tried using Calulated Text and just get the value of this Group Field. However, what I'm getting is not the Group Field displayed value but the following :

[com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.impl.ImmutableGroup@d9c30e6a]

I also tried copying it over to a Text Field but got the following

com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.impl.ImmutableGroup@d9c30e6a

Is there a way to get the group name and be able to use substring function on it? For usernames, I use displayName and get the Full Name of the user.

It's definitely different for groups as using the same does not yield the desired result.

[David _old account_ · Accepted solution]

You can use the getName() method on the field value:

issue.get("customfield_12345").getName()

[Marc Jason Mutuc]

It did not work. :(

I tried it on both the Group Field and the Text Field it was copied to.

[David _old account_]

It can only work on the Group field (customfield_12345 in my example). What kind of field is your group field exactly?

If it's a multi-valued field, you can probably use (untested):

if (issue.get("customfield_12345")==null || issue.get("customfield_12345").size() == 0)
   return null;
return issue.get("customfield_12345").iterator().next().getName()

If it doesn't work, look at atlassian-jira.log for syntax errors.

[Marc Jason Mutuc]

Alright! Thank you so much for the help David! Really appreciate it. :)

I'm trying this now but it's not giving me the EquivalentID

if (issue.get("customfield_12345")==null || issue.get("customfield_12345").size() == 0)
return null;
if "ABCDEF".equals(issue.get("customfield_12345").iterator().next().getName().substring(7,13))
return EquivalentID;
return Unavailable;

[Marc Jason Mutuc]

IT WORKS!!! Thank you! Is there a reference that I could look into in order to improve the knowledge you are imparting me? I'm not really a Jave Programmer. I've experience on the very old AS400 / RPG Language.

[David _old account_]

Unfortunately, this requires some knowledge of the internal data model of JIRA, which comes from accessing the JIRA source code which you get with any commercial license.

[Marc Jason Mutuc]

Figured it out. I just need to add "" to the strings. :)

[Marc Jason Mutuc]

Just used this solution again. It is still working.