Script Runner: Clones an Issue and links_copy contents of custom field to description of new issue

[Avril Bower]

Hello,

I currently have a Script Runner 'Clones an issues and links' post function set up during my 'start work' transition which opens a new task in another project.

Here is the current set up under the 'Addition issue actions' code block:

issue.summary = '[TW] ' + sourceIssue.key + ': ' + sourceIssue.summary
issue.description = 'Please document the following Change Request: ' + sourceIssue.summary + ' (' + sourceIssue.key + ').'
issue.priorityId = '4'
issue.assigneeId = 'Unassigned'

All of this works without issue. I have no import statements or anything else, the above is all of the code.

However, I have a request to add to the 'issue.description' line of the above. The addition will require me to copy the contents of a custom field in the existing task and paste it to the description field of the new task. 

I have written it like this:

issue.description = 'Please document the following Change Request: ' + sourceIssue.summary + ' (' + sourceIssue.key + ').\n \n ' + 'Dedicated information for Tech Writing from the change request: ' +  sourceIssue.13773

It works up until the '+ sourceIssue.13773', it will not pull in the additional text from the custom field.

Any ideas on what I can do to accomplish this?

Thank you in advance!

[Avril Bower · Accepted solution]

I switched the 'Unassigned' with 'null' but it had no affect. I did find this in the logs:

2016-01-12 11:41:07,774 http-bio-443-exec-32 ERROR ab186104 701x562241x1 1goc7p6 153.65.184.112 /secure/CommentAssignIssue.jspa [scriptrunner.jira.workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction] *************************************************************************************

2016-01-12 11:41:07,775 http-bio-443-exec-32 ERROR ab186104 701x562241x1 1goc7p6 153.65.184.112 /secure/CommentAssignIssue.jspa [scriptrunner.jira.workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction] Script function failed on issue: DMCP-2336, actionId: 131, file: null

org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:

Script79.groovy: 1: unexpected char: 0xA0 @ line 1, column 80.

   (sourceIssue).find {it.name == 'Informat

                                 ^1 error

Still learning about all of this, I appreciate your patience. 

[Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_]

This is weird, could you rewrite the script instead of copy paste ?

[Avril Bower]

That worked. Thank you. I will keep that in mind for future. 

[Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_]

Avril,

The right way to get the value of the custom field is:

def cf = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(sourceIssue).find {it.name == 'Name of CF'}
def value = sourceIssue.getCustomFieldValue(cf)
issue.description = 'Please document the following Change Request: ' + sourceIssue.summary + ' (' + sourceIssue.key + ').\n \n ' + 'Dedicated information for Tech Writing from the change request: ' +  value

 Hope that helps

Kind regards

[Avril Bower]

Hey Thanos, 

Thank you for the information. I've added the def statements to the code, updated and published the workflow. Sadly, when I execute the transition on the task, the page will just refresh, it will not create the new issue at all. 

The code now looks like this:

def cf = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(sourceIssue).find {it.name == 'Information for Technical Writing'}
def value = sourceIssue.getCustomFieldValue(cf)
 
issue.summary = '[TW] ' + sourceIssue.key + ': ' + sourceIssue.summary
issue.description = 'Please document the following Change Request: ' + sourceIssue.summary + ' (' + sourceIssue.key + ').\n \n ' + 'Dedicated information for Tech Writing from the change request: ' +  value
issue.priorityId = '4'
issue.assigneeId = 'Unassigned'

Is there anything else I am missing?

Thank you for your assistance, 

Avril

[Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_]

Do you get any errors in you logs ?

[Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_]

Try to replace issue.assigneeId = 'Unassigned' with issue.assigneeId = null

[Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_]

Avril in the script I posted below just replace with {it.name == 'Information for Technical Writing'} and you are done.

[Avril Bower]

Hey Thanos, 13733 is the field ID for my custom field which is named "Information for Technical Writing". I figured it would be easier to deal with the ID than the name. Thanks, Avril

[Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_]

Hi Avril, What is the 13733 ? Is it a name for a custom field ?