Can a checkbox be used as a trigger to update another field on the page?

[Christine Green]

We have a template with a checkbox field. We would like to trigger an update on another field on the page when the checkbox is checked. Is that possible?

[Darryl Lee · Accepted solution]

Ah, Confluence templates.

Unfortunately I don't think there's any Automation actions available for those (yet).

Best case scenario is you could trigger off of Page Published, although I can't remember if there's even a property (and most definitely not a Smart Value) that lets you see if a template was used to create a page, much less what that template WAS.

If you could figure that out, then I suppose you could look to see if certain values were checked, and IF SO, update other values, on the page.

But it's all very fiddly and would require a lot of API hackery. Here's some starting points on that:

• Automating the creation of a Confluence page linked to a Jira ticket 
• Jira Automation: Updating a Confluence page with information from Jira issues 

[Darryl Lee]

Despite Nic's objections otherwise, I think your case is a fine example of why someone might need to View template used. (See what template was used to create a page.)

So then, Dominic's suggestion of using a label on the template might be very helpful indeed, as you could definitely do a check after a Page Published trigger to see {{page.labels}} contains a unique value you might choose.

But ooof, yeah, the next bit, updating the page is where the API hackery comes into play.

[Christine Green]

Thank you for the suggestions. I'm new to automation and this is beyond my level of expertise but I passed along to the user as she is more experienced with Confluence.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Christine Green 

I believe that is possible, and...

If you mean a built-in checkbox field, the rule could be triggered by a change to the field, and then add a condition to check the value before the issue edit.

If you mean a checkbox field from a marketplace addon / app, please check the vendor documentation to learn if the field adds a custom field which can be checked by the rule.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Christine Green]

I am asking for a colleague, so will get more specifics as to what she wants to happen when the user clicks the checkbox. It's a Confluence page with a checkbox. Thanks!

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Christine Green 

In which product are you building this automation?

I see within Jira Cloud that I can create an Automation Rule using the Field Changed trigger and I can select a Checkbox field as the field to monitor.

[Christine Green]

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