edit action to have issue field = regexp of summary field?

[David Loszewski]

Hello,

Is there a way to have an edit action to have an issue field = the regex results returned from the summary line of that issue?  I already have the regex figured out, but I don't see an option that would work.  I see "Set value" and "Copy from..." but the set value operator looks like it sets a static value.   

Example of what i want: 

When: issue is created

Then: Edit issue fields

Serial number = regexp(?<=Serial: ).*?(\w+)) of field summary

 The summary line of the created issue would look like the following which is automatically emailed into our jira service desk:

Alert - Missing Syslog - Serial: 2874d7

Thank you. 

[Simmo · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

It is indeed possible. You'll just need to use smart values here to achieve this. Your action should look something like this:

In my case, Field A is another field on the issue. I'm then using a smart value to perform the regex and set it to the result. You want to use the match function. There is more on smart values in our docs, https://docs.automationforjira.com/reference/smart-values.html#issue.

Cheers,

Simeon.

[David Loszewski]

that worked! Thank you!