scriptrunner - clone and link additional action to clone all subtasks too

[Conor McGmail]

Hi,

Is there a way to have the scriptrunner plugin clone all the subtasks when using "clone issue and link" post-function?

Regards

Conor

[Thanos Batagiannis [Adaptavist]]

Hi Conor,

It is possible, writing your own script in the Additional Issue actions.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser
import groovy.transform.Field
@Field ApplicationUser user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()
@Field MutableIssue cloneIssue = issue
Issue originalIssue = sourceIssue

def subtasks = originalIssue.getSubTaskObjects()
// if there are no subtasks to clone, do nothing
if (!subtasks)
    return

doAfterCreate = { 
	subtasks.each {subtask ->
    	def summary = subtask.getSummary()
    	def assignee = subtask.getAssignee()
    	def descr = subtask.getDescription()
    	def textFieldA = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObjectByName("TextFieldA")
    	def textFieldAValue = subtask.getCustomFieldValue(textFieldA)
    	createSubTask(summary, assignee, descr, textFieldAValue)
	}
}

def createSubTask(String summary, ApplicationUser assignee, String description, def customFieldValue) {
    def issueFactory = ComponentAccessor.getIssueFactory()
    def constantManager = ComponentAccessor.getConstantsManager()
    def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
    def subTaskManager = ComponentAccessor.getSubTaskManager()
    def textFieldA = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObjectByName("TextFieldA")
    MutableIssue newSubTask = issueFactory.getIssue()
    newSubTask.setSummary(summary)
    newSubTask.setAssignee(assignee)
    newSubTask.setDescription(description)
    newSubTask.setCustomFieldValue(textFieldA, customFieldValue)
    newSubTask.setParentObject(cloneIssue)
    newSubTask.setProjectObject(cloneIssue.getProjectObject())
    newSubTask.setIssueTypeId(constantManager.getAllIssueTypeObjects().find {
        it.getName() == "Sub-task"
    }.id)
    Map<String,Object> newIssueParams = ["issue" : newSubTask] as Map<String,Object>
    issueManager.createIssueObject(user, newIssueParams)
    subTaskManager.createSubTaskIssueLink(cloneIssue, newSubTask, user)
    log.info "Subtask ${newSubTask.getKey()} created"
}

regards,

Thanos 

[Conor McGmail]

Hi Thanos, this is what I have in the Additional issue actions so far, but I'm struggling. Could you please assist? many thanks

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import org.apache.log4j.Logger

# Get subtasks of ORIGINAL parent issue 
def subTaskList = issue.getSubTaskObjects()

// Iterate through the subtasks
	for (subTask in subTaskList) {
        def subtaskAssignee = subTask.assignee.displayName
        def subtaskSummary = subTask.summary
		def subtaskDescription = subTask.description
		
		# How do I get the newly cloned parent issue to attach these new subtasks to?
		# Once I get this new parent issue can I run a REST API curl command like below to create the new subtasks for the newly cloned parent?
		# How do i get current username|password to run command
		
		curl -D- -u $USER:$PASSWORD -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json"  https://ourjira/rest/api/2/issue --data '{"fields":{"project":{"key": "DEMO"},"parent":{"key": "'$NEW_PARENT'"},"summary": "'subtaskSummary'","description": "'$subtaskDescription'","issuetype":{"id": "44"},"assignee":{"name":"'$subtaskAssignee'"}}}'
		}

[Thanos Batagiannis [Adaptavist]]

Hi Conor,

Sorry I was not clear enough and just realised that the way is not documented. Therefore I edited my answer above adding a script. Is not thoroughly tested therefore recommend you to try it in a test system first.

regards

Thanos 

[Thanos Batagiannis [Adaptavist]]

UPDATE:

Link to the updated documentation After Create actions

[Andreas Schad]

Hi guys,

I tried this script but I do get an error notification which says "Property 'newSubTask' not found". Any suggestions about the reason and solutions?

regards

Andy

[Thanos Batagiannis [Adaptavist]]

Hi Andreas,

JIRA and SR version ? Even though I will take an educated guess and i will say that what cause this issue is

log.info "Subtask ${newSubTask.getKey()} created"

so try to replace it with 

log.info "Subtask " + newSubTask.getKey() + " created"

please let me know if this does the trick

[Andreas Schad]

Hi Thanos,

thx for this quick reply! Yes, it solves the problem. I've got JIRA 5.2.7 and SR 2.1.15 at hand.

Upcoming error now: No such property 'sourceIssue'. Can you guess on that one, too?

Thanks!

[Thanos Batagiannis [Adaptavist]]

Hi Andrea,

SR 2.1.15 is a very old version, please try ti update in a later one, I think the 3.1.4 is the latest free one but still I do not think (I will test it later) the doAfterCreate closure is available even in this version. I also doubt that the sourceIssue will be available but you can get it via transientVars.

Still you are not loosing anything to try (use the cloneIssue instead of the sourceIssue). 

[Artemy Matvienko]

Logs don't seem to work within the doAfterCreate closure (ScriptRunner 5.1.6). Is there any way to output values into the Execution Information logs on the workflow transition page?