advanced json edit condition with issuelinks not working

[ben friedman]

Hi,

the use case is that i would like to update an issue field with some of its *specific* link issue type keys. for example, issue A is blocked by issue B and relates to issue C.

i want an issue field of A to contain the value B but not the value C. 

im using this in the json edit:

{
"fields": {
"customfieldName": "{{#issue.issuelinks}} {{#if{{equals(type.id, 10002)}} {{inwardIssue.key}} {{/}}{{/}}"
}
}

i know that 10002 is the correct id that i need. i checked the json view of the issue, and also printed the type.id into the log.

however, using the syntax above, it doesnt add the relevant key.

[Manon Soubies-Camy]

Hi @ben friedman,

Does the following rule meet your needs?

Looks like it does what you need:

Hope this helps!

- Manon

[ben friedman]

@Manon Soubies-Camy  thanks for the reply, but not quite. 

i need to have that update on all the existing issues in the system that are already linked. 

The trigger cant be for a current linking that takes place. 

I have a manual trigger, that for BRANCH ISSUES: jql for epics + tasks != closed status.

i cant use another branch of linked issues within the original branch and i have to use the original branch to cover the existing issues.

thats why i wanted to use the json approach to pull information into the issue's UI. 

[ben friedman]

[Manon Soubies-Camy]

So would it work if you used a scheduled trigger instead of a manual one? It triggers the rule from a JQL query and then you can add a branch. You also can manually start the rule by clicking on "Run rule". Not sure to understand the functional need behind your question so my suggestion may be irrelevant.

[ben friedman]

actually, the JQL under the scheduled should do the trick i think! 

Thanks :)

[ben friedman]

@Manon Soubies-Camy  im actually hitting a problem.

im getting only 1 value on the blocked issue and not a list from all the blocking issues. the blocked issue ends up with 1 blocking issue in the text field. 

in the last action of edit im using ' {{issue.blockers}} {{triggerissue.key}}'

i think that this is since the blocked issue is empty at the beginning and all blocking issues use that instance. i tried to to refetch issue within the FOR, but that didnt help.