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Set the multiline field mandatory only when the select list is changed and during only Edit action

Set the multiline field mandatory only when the select list is changed and during only Edit action

saravanan subramanian Oct 22, 2015

hi all,

I received the following code snippet from a user in this forum, this works great but it fires even when the select list is not changed. is it possible to fire this only when the select list value changed and during the edit action of the issue ? Please let me know.

// Get a pointer to both my fields
def demoSelect = getFieldByName("Demo Select List")
def demoMultiTxt = getFieldByName("Demo Multi Line Text Field")
// Get the Value of the Select List Field
def selectedVal = demoSelect.getValue()
if (selectedVal != null){
demoMultiTxt.setRequired(true)
}

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Thanos Batagiannis [Adaptavist] Community Champion Oct 27, 2015

Hi @saravanan subramanian

You can get the original value of the issue's custom field using underlyingIssue. For example in your case should be :

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def issue = underlyingIssue
def tgtField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(issue).find {it.name == "Demo Select List"}

// Get a pointer to both my fields
def demoSelect = getFieldByName("Demo Select List")
def demoMultiTxt = getFieldByName("Demo Multi Line Text Field")

// Get the Value of the Select List Field
def selectedVal = demoSelect?.getValue()
def previousVal = tgtField?.getValue(issue)

if (selectedVal?.toString()?.equalsIgnoreCase(previousVal?.toString())) {
    log.debug("Values are the same I will set the require to false")
    demoMultiTxt?.setRequired(false)
} else {
    log.debug("Values are different I will set the require to true")
    demoMultiTxt?.setRequired(true)
}