Update a board's Quick Filter in Jira using Groovy (ScriptRunner) - Jira Data Center

Question

I have tried using the below code and got a NullPointerException error log. I've imported as many classes as I could find. Some even twice XD

Maybe I'm using the update function wrong or the ErrorCollection wrong. Any suggestions/solutions are greatly appreciated.

//Reference: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Scriptrunner-groovy-trying-to-use-SwimlaneService-and-Swimlane/qaq-p/2086660#U2208439import com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.customisers.JiraAgileBeanimport com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUserimport com.onresolve.scriptrunner.parameters.annotation.*import com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.RapidViewServiceimport com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.QuickFilterServiceimport com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.customisers.WithPluginimport com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessorimport com.atlassian.greenhopper.model.rapid.QuickFilter.QuickFilterBuilderimport com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.QuickFilterService.*import com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.QuickFilterServiceImpl.*import java.lang.String.*
import java.io.*//import com.atlassian.jira.util.ErrorCollectionimport com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.customisers.JiraAgileBeanimport com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUserimport com.onresolve.scriptrunner.parameters.annotation.*import com.atlassian.greenhopper.*import com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.RapidViewServiceimport com.atlassian.greenhopper.model.rapid.QuickFilterimport com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.*import com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.QuickFilterService.*import com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.QuickFilterServiceImpl.*import com.atlassian.greenhopper.model.rapid.QuickFilter.QuickFilterBuilderimport com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.customisers.WithPluginimport com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessorimport com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.QuickFilterServiceImpl.update.*import com.atlassian.greenhopper.model.validation.*import com.atlassian.jira.util.SimpleErrorCollectionimport com.atlassian.greenhopper.web.rapid.view.RapidViewHelperimport com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.rapid.view.QuickFilterServiceImpl

@WithPlugin("com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira")
@JiraAgileBeanRapidViewService rapidViewService

@JiraAgileBeanQuickFilterService quickFilterService
@JiraAgileBeanRapidViewHelper rapidViewHelper
def authenticationContext = ComponentAccessor.jiraAuthenticationContextdef applicationUserInput = authenticationContext.loggedInUserQuickFilterServiceImpl quickFilterServiceImpl = new QuickFilterServiceImpl()def errorCollection = new ErrorCollection()
def rapidViews = rapidViewService.getRapidView(applicationUserInput,1234).get()def rapidViewsIn = quickFilterService.loadQuickFilters(rapidViews)def quickFiltersIn = rapidViewsIn.query
def newQuickFilter = quickFiltersIn[3].replaceAll("To replace this JQL","This is now replaced").toString()
def newQuickFilterBuilder = new QuickFilterBuilder()newQuickFilterBuilder.query(newQuickFilter)
def newQuickFilterBuild = newQuickFilterBuilder.build()

def update = quickFilterServiceImpl.update(applicationUserInput,rapidViews,newQuickFilterBuild,null)

Andre Krueger · Answer

Hi @Rinaldi James Michael

please check How to edit a Kanban Board quick filter using groovy? which is proving the solution for your problem.

Kind regards
Andre

Rinaldi James Michael · Answer

I've narrowed down the source of the error. It's the errorCollection parameter. The only issue now is I do not know how to populate that.

The errorCollection in use in the update function is from the Greenhopper library: https://docs.atlassian.com/jira-software/6.3.2.1/com/atlassian/greenhopper/model/validation/ErrorCollection.html

Unlike the errorCollection in https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/7.4.1/com/atlassian/jira/util/ErrorCollection.html. The Greenhopper version has no known implementing classes.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Thanks!

So this is where you need to start working backwards - that update function needs broadly what you've named the variables you've put into it - the user to act as, the rapidview (board), a quickfilter, and an error collection object.

The user looks fine to me, so I'd start with the other three.

The easiest one to amend would be the error collection - you've already created the object, but you've given the function null, so change it to the error collection instead.

If that doesn't work, or even just change the error message, then I'd look at the other two - one of them probably does not contain what the function needs.

You could try to trace it back through the code, but you could do a much quicker and brutal test - try dumping the content of them in a simple log string "log.debug (rapidViews + "/" + newQuickFilterBuild)"

Java will try to convert it to something moderately human-readable, but the obvious one is if you get a null in one, or both, you need to look at the code that is populating the variable.