How can I change the EPIC color via automation?

[Jacques_Uhlemann]

Hey Community!

I want that if a label has value X the EPIC color is set to color X.

There is no predefined field to change the EPIC color via automation. After hours of research and many failed automations I now turn to you.

I think it should be easy to do this by using additional fields, I think I just need the command to set the color of the current EPIC to X. But how can I do that?

[Jenny Severin · Accepted solution]

I was able to use Automation for Jira today for my use case, which was to change the color of the Epic when a specific custom field (SoW Signed) was changed to "Yes." 

I discovered that there was already a custom field called "Epic Color" and I found the color codes online. 

I'll list them here for simplicity:

ghx-label-1         Black

ghx-label-2         Dark Yellow

ghx-label-3         Light Yellow

ghx-label-4         Dark blue

ghx-label-5         Dark Aqua

ghx-label-6         Light green

ghx-label-7         Light Purple

ghx-label-8         Dark purple

ghx-label-9         Light Pink

ghx-label-10       Light Blue

ghx-label-11       Light aqua

ghx-label-12       Light gray

ghx-label-13       dark green

ghx-label-14       dark coral/red(ish)

[John Funk]

Yes, this would be the preferred solution now. 

[Mark de Bont]

Great automation.

Update //19-05-2022 noticed that the customfield number has changed (at least for our instance) and the colour labels do not match. So you may want to check these. But the solution is still valid.

[Josh Meyer]

I followed the script above, replacing it with the custom field id number for Epic Color in our instance, but it kept erroring out.

I then replaced "customfield_10013" (the custom field number for our instance of Jira) with "Epic Color," and it worked.  

[Stuart Nealis]

Thank you @Josh Meyer for posting this - worked like a charm for me. 

[Jordan Ryan]

thanks @Josh Meyer for pointing that out!

[Maria Mendieta]

This did not work for me. Do I need to unlock the field?

[John Funk]

What did not work? Did you get an error? What happened?

[alejandra.jimenez]

Im having this error, can someone help me?? :(

[Tanja Berner]

Hey everyone :) 

I asked myself the same question today. Did I understand it correctly that there is no way to set a Epic color for a individual label? Or has something changed in the meantime?

Thank you so much.

Beste Regards

Tanja

[Radhika Vijji _Innovalog_]

Hi Jacques,

Note JMWE can perform the action only during a transition. With JMWE in your instance, add the "Set field value" post-function to the transition to set the Epic Color field to X. Select the conditional execution checkbox in the post-function configuration and check the labels. 

{{ issue.fields.labels.includes("X") }}

Regards,

Radhika 

[Joachim Brechtel]

It's also possible to add "Issue color" to the Create-Screen and to add the following to the automation:

{
 "fields": {
  "Issue color": "orange"
 }
}

Then you don't have to apply the label to color mapping.

[Rickard Abraham]

Outdated answers here, this one worked for me: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Use-automation-to-update-next-gen-project-epic-issue-color-value/qaq-p/1543747

[John Funk]

Hi Jacques - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I don't think you are going to be able to do that using Automation for Jira. You could do it using a Post Function on a Transition in the workflow however using the JMWE add-on. 

[Jacques_Uhlemann]

Hey @John Funk ,

thank you for your fast answer.

Can you describe this in more detail? I don't understand the procedure.. That would be really great!

[John Funk]

You would need to add the Jira Miscellaneous Workflow Extensions (JMWE) from the Atlassian Marketplace. There is a charge for this. 

[Marcel_Wolf]

This is also an interesting question for me too!