Update linked issue field with scriptrunner

[Ana Luiza Chagas]

Hey guys,

My team and I are looking for ways to develop automation using scriptruner for Jira Cloud to copy the value of a custom field in project A to the same field in the item linked to project B.

Has anyone seen something similar and could help me, please?

Thanks!

[xelomax]

Hello, with this script you could start to solve what you need, you would need to add any conditional that you want.

With this you can replace the labels with some custom field

This script checks if an issue has a linked issue and copies the labels from the source issue to the linked issue. It first retrieves the issue details, including any linked issues, then it copies the labels from the original issue to the linked issue, avoiding duplicates.

import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

def issueKey = "TEST-1" 

// Make a request to get issue details, including linked issues and labels

def issueResponse = get("/rest/api/3/issue/${issueKey}?fields=issuelinks,labels")

    .header('Content-Type', 'application/json')

    .asString()

// Check if the request was successful

if (issueResponse.status == 200) {

    def issueData = new JsonSlurper().parseText(issueResponse.body)

    def labels = issueData.fields.labels

    def issueLinks = issueData.fields.issuelinks

    // Check if there are any linked issues

    if (issueLinks) {

        issueLinks.each { link ->

            def linkedIssueKey = null

            // Determine the direction of the link (outward or inward)

            if (link.outwardIssue) {

                linkedIssueKey = link.outwardIssue.key

            } else if (link.inwardIssue) {

                linkedIssueKey = link.inwardIssue.key

            }

            if (linkedIssueKey) {

                logger.info("Linked issue found: ${linkedIssueKey}")

                // Make a request to get the labels of the linked issue

                def linkedIssueResponse = get("/rest/api/3/issue/${linkedIssueKey}?fields=labels")

                    .header('Content-Type', 'application/json')

                    .asString()

                if (linkedIssueResponse.status == 200) {

                    def linkedIssueData = new JsonSlurper().parseText(linkedIssueResponse.body)

                    def linkedLabels = linkedIssueData.fields.labels

                    // Combine the labels from the original and linked issue, ensuring no duplicates

                    def newLabels = (linkedLabels + labels).unique()

                    // Update the linked issue with the combined labels

                    def updateResponse = put("/rest/api/3/issue/${linkedIssueKey}")

                        .header('Content-Type', 'application/json')

                        .body([

                            fields: [

                                labels: newLabels

                            ]

                        ])

                        .asString()

                    if (updateResponse.status == 204) {

                        logger.info("Labels successfully copied to the linked issue: ${linkedIssueKey}")

                    } else {

                        logger.error("Failed to update labels in the linked issue: ${updateResponse.status}")

                    }

                } else {

                    logger.error("Failed to retrieve labels from the linked issue: ${linkedIssueResponse.status}")

                }

            }

        }

    } else {

        logger.info("No linked issues found for issue ${issueKey}")

    }

} else {

    logger.error("Failed to retrieve issue details for ${issueKey}: ${issueResponse.status}")

}

[Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_]

Hi Ana,

It will depend on what action you want to copy the field value.

If you wanted to do it when an issue is created then you could use Behaviours and I can confirm we have some examples of how to use Behaviours here.

If you wanted to do it on an event such as when an issue is updated then you could use a script listener.

If it is just a one time task then we have the copy custom field values built-in script that you can use.

Finally, we also have an example script on the Script Console page called Copy Custom Field and this can be used as a reference to see the logic you would need to use to write a script to copy custom field values.

Using the example you could update the JQL that searches for the issue to update the field values on to return the linked issue to update the field on.

I hope this information helps.

Regards,

Kristian

[said kouzibry]

You can achieve this using Jira's automation with the following components : 
- trigger : whatever you want
- Branch -> for linked issue (choose the link you want or choose all)
                     --> If condition on smart value {{issue.project.key}} equals your destination project or skip this step if you only have linked issues in a single project
                     ---> Edit issue : pick your field and chose Copy from trigger issue

A screenshot would be clearer so there you go :

For more info, check the following link : https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/automation/overview#what-is-automation

[Ana Luiza Chagas]

Hi @said kouzibry 

I tried to follow the rule you mentioned but even with the item containing linked issues in the log it says that there are no links and the automation does not occur as expected.

Do you know how to solve it?

Thanks!