Need to update the value of a dropdown customfield

[Praveen]

Hi, I am trying to update a customfield option (dropdown) to "Inactive" option upon a certain condition.  I tried the below code and executed it as a postfunction script but it is not working.  The code dosenot give any errors but the field option is not updating. The code is basically to update the state of linked child issues to "Inactive"

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.option.Option
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder 
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.IssueService
import com.atlassian.jira.project.Project
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueInputParameters
import com.atlassian.jira.util.ErrorCollection
import com.atlassian.jira.user.*
import com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.IssueService.TransitionValidationResult
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueInputParametersImpl


def issue = event.issue as issue
def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager() 
def issueLinkManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager()
def issueId = issue.getId()
def issueManager = new ComponentAccessor().getIssueManager()
def issueLink = issueLinkManager.getOutwardLinks(issueId)

 for(int j=0; j<issueLink.size(); j++){ 
 def linkedIssueId = issueLink[j].getDestinationId() 
 def linkedIssueName = issueManager.getIssueObject(linkedIssueId) 
 def issueName = linkedIssueName
 def cf = ComponentAccessor.customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("State")
 def cfConfig = cf.getRelevantConfig(issueName) 
 def value = ComponentAccessor.optionsManager.getOptions(cfConfig)?.find {
 it.toString() == 'Inactive' }
 
 issueName.setCustomFieldValue(cf, value)
 }

[Joshua Yamdogo @ Adaptavist]

Hi Praveen,

Try using the updateValue method to actually make sure the field's value gets changed:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def issueLinkManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager()
def issueId = issue.getId()
def issueManager = new ComponentAccessor().getIssueManager()
def issueLink = issueLinkManager.getOutwardLinks(issueId)

for(int j=0; j<issueLink.size(); j++){
    def linkedIssueId = issueLink[j].getDestinationId()
    def linkedIssueName = issueManager.getIssueObject(linkedIssueId)
    def cf = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(linkedIssueName).find {it.name == "State"}
    def cfConfig = cf.getRelevantConfig(linkedIssueName)
    def value = ComponentAccessor.optionsManager.getOptions(cfConfig)?.find {
        it.toString() == 'Inactive' }

    def changeHolder = new DefaultIssueChangeHolder()
    cf.updateValue(null, linkedIssueName, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(cf), value), changeHolder)
}

[Praveen]

Thanks! That worked!!

[Joshua Yamdogo @ Adaptavist]

Glad that it worked for you! By the way, you can select my answer as the Accepted Answer so that others can more easily see the solution if they have the same question.