JIRA JMWE Groovy - how to check the summary of linked tickets

[Sina Esfahani]

I am working with JMWE and trying to write a groovy script where I want to check the summary of the linked tickets and if they do not contain the word 'auto' anywhere in the summary title... it will create a new ticket. I've tried many different combinations and haven't been able to get it to work. 

[David Fischer · Accepted solution]

Do you want to create one new issue per linked issue that doesn't contain the word "auto" in the summary, or do you want to create a single new issue if none of the linked issues contain "auto" in the summary? Derek's solution above answers the former - for the latter, you'll need to use the "Conditional execution" feature with this script:

!issue.getLinkedIssues().any { it.summary.toLowerCase().contains("auto") }

Also, that will check all linked issues, but not sub-tasks or issues in an Epic. So the code really depends on what you need. 

[Sina Esfahani]

David, this is exactly what I was looking for! It is the latter. I also have another use case to look for any linked issues where the issue type is documentation. Is this correct? It seems to have worked after testing it.... 

!issue.getLinkedIssues().any {it.issueType.name == "Documentation"}

[David Fischer]

That will work. Or if you know the link direction name (as it appears on the issue), you can do:

! issue.getLinkedIssues("has documentation")

which will return true if the issue doesn't have any issue linked to it through the "has documentation" link type direction.

[Kris Han]

Hi @David Fischer ,

Sorry to bother you,

How should I write the same code but for issue in Epic? I faced the same problem but my linked issues are under issue in Epic. Thank you very much!

[David Fischer]

Hi @Kris Han ,

it's actually documented in the Issue Methods help tab, but here it is:

issue.stories

[Derek Fields _RightStar_]

You can use the JMWE Post-Function "Create / Clone Issue(s) Post-function". Check the box "Multiple Issue Creation" In the "Iterator" field, paste:

issue.getLinkedIssues().findAll { ! it.summary.toLowerCase().contains("auto") }

This will return a list of linked issues that do not contain the word "auto". This will then allow you create a new issue for each one that is returned in the iterator.